netting
any of various kinds of net fabric: fish netting; mosquito netting.
Origin of netting
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How to use netting in a sentence
Here was no Brighton nor Scarborough nor Blackpool yet, with nettings of electric wires overhead and perspective of rails below.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsSeveral tow-nettings were taken with large nets automatically closing at any desired depth through the medium of a "messenger."
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe splinter nettings were on, and the carpenters were ready to stop shot holes or repair other damage.
The Hero of Manila | Rossiter JohnsonThe boarding-nettings could not long check so furious a foe, and fell before the fierce slash of the cutlasses.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.The guns were charged with grape and canister, the boarding-nettings triced up, and cutlasses and pistols distributed to the crew.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
British Dictionary definitions for netting
/ (ˈnɛtɪŋ) /
any netted fabric or structure
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