"Barb wire"

[Eric Nielsen]

And, of course, "bobbed" wire.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Bobbed_wire.html?id=SzVZAAAAYAAJ

Eric




On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> a.k.a "bobwire"
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> Apparently, "barb wire," instead of "barbed...," dates back to the day.
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