expanded metal

noun

sheet metal slotted and stretched to make a stiff network with openings of various patterns, used for lathing, wastebaskets, and various decorative and semistructural applications.

Origin of expanded metal

First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use expanded metal in a sentence

The tables are covered with cocoa matting and expanded metal.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. Bramble
The cement-plaster exterior is handsomer and warmer than wood, and on expanded metal lath it is durable.
Farm Boys and Girls | William Arch McKeever
The portion of wall in front of the ducts was bonded to that behind by bonds, mostly of expanded metal, passing between the ducts.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 | B. H. M. Hewett
The roof is composed of concrete slabs, reinforced with expanded metal laths and finished with cement and mortar.
The New York Subway | Anonymous
The roof may be supported on pillars between which expanded metal of large size may be placed.
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber | Sidney Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for expanded metal

expanded metal

noun

an open mesh of metal produced by stamping out alternating slots in a metal sheet and stretching it into an open pattern. It is used for reinforcing brittle or friable materials and in fencing

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