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wirework

[ wahyuhr-wurk ]
/ ˈwaɪərˌwɜrk /
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noun

fabrics or articles made of wire.

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Origin of wirework

First recorded in 1580–90; wire + work

Words nearby wirework

wire vine, wirewalker, wireway, wire wheel, wire wool, wirework, wireworks, wireworm, wire-wound resistor, wire-wove, wirilda
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Example sentences from the Web for wirework

  • This he found led into a cool passage, along one side of which was a wirework kind of cage.

    Syd Belton|George Manville Fenn

  • The singers were in a crib of wirework (like a large meat-safe or bird-cage) in one corner; and sang most atrociously.

    Pictures from Italy|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for wirework

wirework
/ (ˈwaɪəˌwɜːk) /

noun

functional or decorative work made of wire
objects made of wire, esp netting
a special effects technique in film or theatre in which actors are suspended from moving wires so that they appear to flythe spectacular wirework of Chinese cinema
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