hardware cloth

American  

noun

1. galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inch (0.64 and 1.27 centimeters), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.

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Example Sentences

Gardeners at the Arboretum and CUH have taken to constructing hardware cloth enclosures around all new plantings — a laborious task, and a distracting garden feature among all your beautiful beds and borders.

From Seattle Times

If you’re worried about rodents entering the bin, the department suggests lining the bottom of the bin with a hardware cloth.

From Los Angeles Times

We were told to provide lots of ventilation, so we made a coop that has an entire wall of hardware cloth.

From Seattle Times

You can freestyle this by planting your succulents in a shadow box lined with hardware cloth and a staple gun, or use a kit and follow its instructions.

From Salon

He urged the use of electric net fencing while also installing one-quarter-inch hardware cloth, especially along the bottom of an enclosure to block most small predators.

From Washington Times