concertina
2
9.4
- noun
- /ˌkɒn.sɚˈtiː.nə/
- Specialized
:
alambre de concertina
- The camp was secured with layers of concertina wire to prevent any unauthorized entry.
- concertina wire
- concertina-wire fence
- razor-sharp concertina
Examples
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High stone walls topped with snaky concertina wire, set off at intervals by looming guard towers.
Blog text (22) -
I knew from the locations of a mountain, a river, a stream, and a bridge that the front gate of the old CP had to be right here, and behind that gate, surrounded by a high sand perimeter topped with hundreds of coils of barbed concertina wire, should have been several areas of bare sand where nothing grew or ever would grow.
Fiction book (1991) -
There will be much concertina wire across her windows in a few years.
Blog text (14) -
And these, these big walls really were big giant, massive walls that had concertina wire on the top.
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All it lacked was a watchtower and a few hundred yards of concertina wire.
Fiction book (2000) -
Along the line of concertina wire, the remaining members of the 369th struggled to find shelter.
Fiction book (1992) -
The back walls surrounding their family compounds, topped with concertina wire and broken glass bottles, abutted the school grounds.
Blog text (13) -
At the far end of the plain lay a military compound encircled by a concertina-wire fence lit by oil drums and patrolled by armed guards.
Fiction book (1992) -
The soldiers advanced cautiously, knowing that the only way past the concertina wire was to cut through it carefully.
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Along the perimeter of the property, spools of concertina wire deterred would-be intruders.
Synonyms
43
3.4
Wire with sharp points used to stop people or animals from crossing
A strong wire with sharp points used in fences to stop people or animals
Compounds
- Specialized
A small square instrument like an accordion with buttons used in folk music
- Specialized
A pattern where paper, cloth, or rock is bent back and forth like an accordion
A six-sided instrument with rows of buttons that you play like a small accordion
- Specialized
A small bellows instrument with buttons on both ends, square or six-sided
Surface Forms
Etymology
Concertina for coiled barbed wire gets its name from the instrument because the wire is wound in tight coils that look like the bellows of a concertina, so people began to call the coiled wire by the instrument's name.