USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Barbed wire was cheaper, easier, and quicker to use than any of these other alternatives. Without fencing, livestock grazed freely, competing for fodder and water. Where working farms existed, most property was unfenced and open to foraging cattle and sheep.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most barbed wire is made from two wires, one central line and one smaller wire that’s wound around the central line at regular intervals. The ends of the smaller wire point outward, creating sharp “barbs” that can deter people or animals wanting to cross over the wires.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two wires are simultaneously fed into the machine, which twists them together into a cable. A separate wire is then inserted from the side and the machine twists it around the cable, cutting it at an angle to form the barbs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Soldiers would defend their trenches with barbed wire by installing the barbed wire a distance away on the ground from the tops of their trenches. When used as a trap, artillery and gun fire were sometimes used specifically to direct enemy soldiers into already constructed barbed wire snares.

Detailed explanation-5: -(bɑːbd ˈwaɪə fɛns ) a fence constructed from strong wire that has sharply pointed barbs at close intervals along its length.