chainlink fence
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- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪnˌlɪŋk fɛns/
:
valla de eslabones
- Peels out in reverse, snaking wildly side to side, aiming for the chainlink fence.
Examples
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During the game, the soccer players ran up and down the field, which was surrounded by a chainlink fence.
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We got a chainlink fence in our back yard.
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A chainlink fence not a hundred yards off cut the damned island in two, kept this part public and that part private.
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The school installed a new chainlink fence around the playground to keep the children safe.
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She climbed the chainlink fence to retrieve her ball that had gone over into the neighbor's yard.
Synonyms
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A structure around land to mark or protect it
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Materials like wood or wire used to make a barrier around land
A net of thin wires used for fences or decoration
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Morphology
chainlink + fence
The meaning is directly compositional: a fence made from chain links (chain + link) — i.e., a metal-mesh barrier — so a learner who knows 'chain', 'link' and 'fence' can infer it. Even if 'chainlink' as a single headword is unfamiliar, the compound follows regular English noun + noun compounding and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, making it immediately understandable.
Etymology
Chainlink fence comes from the fence's look: metal wires are woven into many small links that together look like a giant chain, making a diamond-shaped mesh. So the name refers to a strong wire fence used to 'enclose' yards, playgrounds, or fields.