barbed wire
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Barbed-wire fencing went up Aug. 13, 1961, followed by the concrete wall.
From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 8, 2014
Barbed-wire fences had been strung across the refuge to accommodate livestock grazing.
From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2014
Barbed-wire fencing went up August 13, 1961, followed by the concrete wall.
From Washington Post
Barbed-wire barricades went up in front of the U.S. embassy and other key U.S. installations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Barbed-wire cuts differ from ordinary wounds only in the parts being often lacerated and torn, and the treatment already indicated for wounds of that description is applicable to them.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry