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Meaning of trip wire | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

trip working trip-hammer Trip-Hop trip-switch trip-trapping tripack

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