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Definition of Trip wire
1. Noun. A small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
2. Noun. A wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trip Wire
Literary usage of Trip wire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Front Line by John Masefield (1917)
"In places this web or barrier was supplemented with trip-wire, or wire placed
... This trip-wire was as difficult to cross as the wire of the entanglements. ..."
2. Western Poultry Book by A. Basley (1912)
"To hold the trip wire in position and let it roll sidewise easily, nail a cleat
to the cover and put two staples for the wire to hang in near its bent ..."
3. 200 Eggs a Year Per Hen, how to Get Them: A Practical Treatise on Egg Making by Edgar Warren (1905)
"trip wire. wide and just long enough to reach across the box inside is nailed
... The purpose of this board is only to support the trip wire in place. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... is hardly worth the labour expended on it Both, Wire may be used as a high or
low entanglement or as a fence ot trip wire or concealed obstacle. ..."
5. Eggs and Egg Farms: Trustworthy Information Regarding the Successful (1907)
"The purpose of this board is only to support the trip wire in place. The six-inch
section of the trip wire is placed across the board and the long part of ..."
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