wire gauze

American  

noun

1. a gauzelike fabric woven of very fine wires.

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wire gauze British  

noun

1. a stiff meshed fabric woven of fine wires

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Etymology

Origin of wire gauze

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Here, “Little Tike” a sculpture reworked from 1973 to 1999, is built around a pink toy plastic vehicle augmented with foam, wire, gauze, and other materials and parked vertically on the wall.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

And it was sculpture he returned to at the end of his life, making work fashioned from wire, gauze, sand and plaster one weekend in the New Jersey backyard of the sculptor Tony Smith’s house.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2012

A screen of wire gauze surrounding a delicate electrical instrument will protect it from external electrostatic induction.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah

Respirators are made of wire gauze with cotton wool or a sponge; the substance is poured on and inhaled by the patient.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Third, a cap c, which fits closely on to the box, and has a top of fine wire gauze.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.