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Frost fence
DCHP-2 (Mar 2016)
Spelling variants:FROST FENCE, FROST frence, frost fence
n. — proprietary
a chain-link fence.
Type: 2. Preservation — The term is a generalization from a trademarked name belonging to the Frost Wire Fence Company, a US company that opened a branch plant in Ontario in the late 19th century (see the 1897 and 1898 quotations). Frost fence is now used to denote any chain-link fence regardless of brand. Although the original company has US origins (see the Frost Wire Fence Co. reference), Chart 1 attests to its near-exclusive Canadian status today.
See also COD-2, which marks it "Cdn proprietary".
See also COD-2, which marks it "Cdn proprietary".
See: branch plant
Quotations
1897
[THE Frost Wire Fence Company of Cleveland, Ohio, is desirous of establishing a branch factory in Ontario. A representative who is now seeking a location says that they will start with a business of $200,000 a year, and would employ about 25 skilled men.]
1898
[Wire Fences. - On cover page we are showing a cut of the Frost Wedge-Lock. The company manufacturing it claim [sic] it to be the strongest lock in the market. In writing to the Frost Wire Fence Co., Welland, Ont., for samples, prices, etc., please mention FARMING.]
1900
Agents wanted to handle the
FROST FENCE and ALL-STEEL GATE
liberal inducements offered. Sample lock mailed free, also three months' subscription to the "Frost Fence Herald" for the asking.
1912
Cut below shows one of the many styles of FROST Fence. All FROST Fence is made from FROST Wire, which is drawn true to gage, carefully tempered to the proper hardness and thoroughly galvanized in our own mills by expert workmen who have had years of experience in wire making.
1932
Make your garden or grounds your own - a place where your children can play safely - where flowers or lawns are protected against trespassers. Frost Fence is your best choice - for permanence and for a quality famous for over 30 years.
1966
10,000 sq. ft. Industrial space to lease, over 25,000 sq. ft. of tarmac enclosed by Frost Fence.
1982
Behind the garage is a prosaic asphalt lot, surrounded by a standard frost fence but patrolled by two heavy chested German Shepherds.
1987
Raised within three blocks of Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium, he used to climb the Frost fence and vault over three strands of barbed wire just to watch the Tiger-Cats practise.
1997
Tarek, who lives down the street, had a Frost fence for a long time. It was 5 feet high, made of crisscrossed metal, and ugly as witches' teeth. He put it up in the late 1970s. He thought it would be temporary.
2001
Along the edge of the current roadway is a 75-centimetre "barrier" of precast concrete sections -- totally inadequate for safety. It might deter a small car but anything of truck size, particularly the double and triple semis (many using the "bylaw illegal" engine-retarder brakes for additional braking) would easily penetrate the barrier (or go over it), slide down the steep embankment, through the sparse trees and frost fence and end up in someone's backyard or house. This has already happened once, when an empty gravel truck ended up in a kitchen on Lindsay Drive.
2015
I need a Frost Fence 4' high in 2 portions 1 40 ft long and the other 17 feet long. There are no corners or gates to install. It is 40 ft from a wood fence to a wooden gate and 17 ft from the gate to the house. Preferably the fence will be green. The reason for the fence is we are installing a pool and on the east side of the yard there is a 20 ft' high hedge but no fence.
References
- COD-2
- Frost Wire Fence Co.
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