trip wire
English
Noun
trip wire (plural trip wires)
- Alternative form of tripwire
- 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650:
- Here the protection consists of a 50lb per mile cadmium copper trip-wire mounted on short telegraph posts on both sides of the line, 4ft above rail level. Current through both trip wires energises a relay in the signalbox.
References
- “trip wire” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.