wire-wove

American  

[wahyuhr-wohv] / ˈwaɪərˌwoʊv /

adjective

1. made of woven wire.

2. noting fine, glazed paper used especially as letter paper.

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wire-wove British  

adjective

1. of, relating to, or comprising a high-grade glazed paper, usually for writing

2. woven of wire

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Etymology

Origin of wire-wove

First recorded in 1790–1800; wire + wove, past participle of weave

Example Sentences

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wire-wove

The wire-wove mattress creaked, and creaked again twice.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

There it was—my large blue wire-wove office envelope, addressed in my own writing.

From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

In both of the wove papers are found the differences due to the process of manufacture, the even texture of the plain wove variety and the mottled texture of the so-called "wire-wove" variety.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

Iglesias heard the creak of the wire-wove mattress as the man flung himself down; and that familiar sound restored his sense of actualities.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

We could now hear a leaf fall—a leaf of the finest wire-wove.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John