noun
wire netting; wire mesh; chicken wire
General term for metal wire mesh or netting, used in fencing, cages, sieves, and construction.
庭に金網のフェンスを立てた。
We put up a wire mesh fence in the garden.
金網で鳥小屋を作る。
I build a chicken coop using chicken wire.
Compound of 金 (kana, 'metal') and 網 (ami, 'net'). The reading かな is an older native Japanese word for metal.