wire netting

noun

1. netting made of interwoven wire, coarser than wire gauze.

wire netting

noun

1. a net made of wire, often galvanized, that is used for fencing, as a light reinforcement, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of wire netting¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

If you can procure the wire netting only of a certain width, grade the length of your cage accordingly.

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Wire netting may be cut by laying it on the side edge of a spade and striking it with a hammer.

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Kennedy remarked during the afternoon that he felt like a fly walking on wire-netting.

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Huge flies, ignorant of larders and wire-netting, and quite in a savage state, buzzed about him without knowing that he was a man.

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Inch-meshed poultry wire may be used if one is going to use the wire netting.

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