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

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Example Sentences

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wire-wove

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

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

They were the patronesses of your patent ink and your wire-wove paper.

From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

It was in this way that Homer, the great old ballad-maker of Greece, wrote—or rather chanted, for in his day pens were scarce, wire-wove unknown, and the pride of Moseley undeveloped.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

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 Lucas Malet

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

From The Far Horizon by Lucas Malet

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