wire-wove

[ wahyuhr-wohv ]

adjective

made of woven wire.
noting fine, glazed paper used especially as letter paper.

Origin of wire-wove

First recorded in 1790–1800; wire + wove, past participle of weave

Words Nearby wire-wove

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How to use wire-wove in a sentence

They were the patronesses of your patent ink and your wire-wove paper.
Vivian Grey | Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
We could now hear a leaf fall—a leaf of the finest wire-wove.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 | John Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for wire-wove

wire-wove

adjective

of, relating to, or comprising a high-grade glazed paper, usually for writing
woven of wire

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