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wire gauze

noun

a gauzelike fabric woven of very fine wires.

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Origin of wire gauze

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby wire gauze

wiredrawn, wire entanglement, wireframe, wire fraud, wire gauge, wire gauze, wire glass, wire grass, wire-guided, wirehair, wirehaired
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British Dictionary definitions for wire gauze

wire gauze

noun

a stiff meshed fabric woven of fine wires
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