wire gauze

noun

1. a gauzelike fabric woven of very fine wires.

wire gauze

noun

1. a stiff meshed fabric woven of fine wires

Word History and Origins

Origin of wire gauze¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

This phenomenon explains why a positive flame will burn through wire gauze, while a negative flame remains below the gauze.

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Searching through his knapsack, he drew out what is known to first aid as a wire gauze bandage.

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The soil around the aperture is cleared and flattened to receive the wire-gauze, under which I place a Pompilus.

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Stunned by colliding with the walls of their glass or wire-gauze prison, they all perish within twenty-four hours.

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Before passing into the pump again the oil is strained or filtered by a screen of wire gauze and all foreign matter removed.

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