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fencing wires

fencing wires is the plural of fencing wire.

Meaning of fencing wire

Noun

fencing wire (countable and uncountable, plural fencing wires)

  1. A thick, tough, durable, rust-resistant wire designed to be strung between fence posts to form fences in rural settings.
    • They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made,
      Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent,
      Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid,
      A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent.1897 October 10, The Truth, Sydney, page 8, column 3

Questions about fencing wires

What is fencing wires the plural of?
Fencing wires is the plural of fencing wire.

Words near fencing wires in the dictionary

  1. fencing off
  2. fencing response
  3. fencing responses
  4. fencing the tables
  5. fencing wire
  6. fencing wires
  7. fencings
  8. Fencl
  9. Fencles
  10. fenclofenac
  11. fenclonine

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