wire-wove
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or comprising a high-grade glazed paper, usually for writing
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woven of wire
Etymology
Origin of wire-wove
First recorded in 1790–1800; wire + wove, past participle of weave
Example Sentences
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They were the patronesses of your patent ink and your wire-wove paper.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
In both of the wove papers are found the differences due to the process of manufacture, the even texture of the plain wove variety and the mottled texture of the so-called "wire-wove" variety.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
It is an iridium-pointed, hot-pressed, wire-wove, jewelled-in-every-hole sort of steal, I know, but it is a steal all the same, isn't it?
From Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
The wire-wove mattress creaked, and creaked again twice.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
There it was—my large blue wire-wove office envelope, addressed in my own writing.
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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