Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, occasionally corrupted as bobbed
wire or bob wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with
sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is
used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls
surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the
fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).A person or
animal trying to pass through or over barbed wire will suffer
discomfort and possibly injury (this is especially true if the fence
is also electric). Barbed wire fencing requires only fence posts,
wire, and fixing devices such as staples. It is simple to construct
and quick to erect, even by an unskilled person.The first patent in
the United States for barbed wire was issued in 1867 to Lucien B.
Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor. Joseph F.
Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for the modern
invention in 1874 after he made his own modifications to previous
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