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

Example Sentences

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wire-wove

We could now hear a leaf fall—a leaf of the finest wire-wove.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson

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 Clifton Armstrong Howes

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

With this prelude, Mr. Pickwick placed four closely-written sides of extra superfine wire-wove penitence in the hands of the astounded Mr. Winkle, senior.

From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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