Definition of "chicken wire" []

• A light-gauge galvanized wire fencing usually made with hexagonal mesh. (noun)

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• "He took Stewart and David with him, “the boys,” he called them heedless of the fact that he had four boys, to Gardendale, the nearest town with a hardware store, to buy chicken wire and feeders."
• "They unfolded the three piles of green satin, crimson velvet, and chicken wire and held them at arm's length, looking from one to the other in a manner both a - and be - mused."