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[[Image:Stalingrad_Cutting_barbed_wire.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Russia]]n soldier cutting barbed wire at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]]]
[[Image:Stalingrad_Cutting_barbed_wire.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Russia]]n soldier cutting barbed wire at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]]]
'''Barbed wire''' is a type of twisted fencing wire with short projecting barbs that are designed to snag on hair, flesh or clothing. The original patent for barbed wire was awarded to Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, IL in 1874 and it became invaluable in restricting the movement of livestock, as it required only wooden stakes, staples and a hammer for unskilled labor to erect a stock-proof fence. This invention enabled the development of large-scale [[cattle]]-ranching.
'''Barbed wire''', also known as '''barb wire''', less often '''bob wire'''<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.ellwoodhouse.org/barb_wire/
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060712125058/http://www.ellwoodhouse.org/barb_wire/
|archivedate=2006-07-12
|title=Fencing Frontiers: The Barbed Wire Story
|publisher=Ellwood House Museum, DeKalb, IL
|accessdate=2006-11-27}} Glidden Steel called its product "Barb Wire".</ref>or, in the southeastern United States, '''bobbed wire'''<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/barbed_wire.html
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110714133236/http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/barbed_wire.html
|archivedate=2011-07-14
|title=A Collection of Barbed Wire
|publisher=The [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray County]] Museum
|accessdate=2006-11-28
}}</ref>, is a type of twisted fencing wire with short projecting barbs that are designed to snag on hair, flesh or clothing. The original patent for barbed wire was awarded to Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, IL in 1874 and it became invaluable in restricting the movement of livestock, as it required only wooden stakes, staples and a hammer for unskilled labor to erect a stock-proof fence. This invention enabled the development of large-scale [[cattle]]-ranching.
During the [[World War I|Great War]], loose coils of barbed wire were widely used in [[trench warfare]] as they ensnared the heavy serge fabric of soldier's [[uniform]]s and thus prevented them freely advancing on [[enemy]] lines.
During the [[World War I|Great War]], loose coils of barbed wire were widely used in [[trench warfare]] as they ensnared the heavy serge fabric of soldier's [[uniform]]s and thus prevented them freely advancing on [[enemy]] lines.
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Concertina wire]]
* [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist preparations]]
* [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist preparations]]
* [[Survivalist retreat]]
* [[Survivalist retreat]]
==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book
|first=Alan |last=Krell
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JSYby9zZri0C&pg=PA19&dq=Lucien+B.+Smith+Devil%27s+rope#v=onepage&q&f=false
|title=The Devil's Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire
|location=London |publisher=Reaktion Books
|year=2002
|ref=harv
}}
* {{Cite book
|first=Henry D. & Frances T. |last=McCallum
|title=[[The Wire that Fenced the West (book)|The Wire that Fenced the West]]
|location=Norman |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press
|year=1965
|ref=harv
}}, LoC:65-11234
* {{Cite book
|first=Reviel |last=Netz
|title=Barbed wire. An ecology of modernity
|publisher=Wesleyan University Press
|year=2004
|isbn=978-0-8195-6719-2
|ref=harv
}}
==External Links==
* [http://www.barbwiremuseum.com/ Website of the Devils Rope Museum] in McLean, Texas
* [http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/barbed_wire_patent/barbed_wire_patent.html Barbed wire changes life on the American Great Plains]
* [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbarbed_wire.htm The History of Barbed Wire] [[About.com]]
* [http://www.wildlifefriendlyfencing.com/ The Wildlife Friendly Fencing project]
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00116/tsw-00116.html Papers, 1878-1938, of Texas rancher and co-inventor Isaac L. Ellwood in Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University]
==References==
==References==