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meshwork

[mesh-wurk]
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noun

meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.

Origin of meshwork

First recorded in 1820–30; mesh + work
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for meshwork

screen, net, network, filigree, cobweb, tangle, fabric, lattice, gossamer, texture, snarl, plait, interconnection, maze, morass, fiber, labyrinth, warp, toil, mesh

Examples from the Web for meshwork

Historical Examples of meshwork

  • The corallum, when examined with a glass, looks like meshwork.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide

    Augusta Foote Arnold

  • He climbed mechanically upwards, digging his toes into the meshwork of the sides, and sobbing from sheer weakness as he climbed.

  • I found that I was under the orders of a black villain and caught in a meshwork of crime.

    The Valley of Fear

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • My first boma was a meshwork of thorns piled and interwoven together with the architectural simplicity of an Eskimo igloo.

    In Africa

    John T. McCutcheon

  • Again, there is between the cells a meshwork of yellow elastic fibers, and this is called yellow fibro-cartilage (Fig. 8).

    A Practical Physiology

    Albert F. Blaisdell