hardware cloth

noun

: rugged galvanized screening

Examples of hardware cloth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Plant in bulb cages constructed from hardware cloth to prevent voles from eating your flowering bulbs. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2024 Choose sturdy fencing made of poultry wire or 2-inch hardware cloth. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2024 Line the bottoms with hardware cloth (not chicken wire) to exclude hungry gophers. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024 Dig out the old soil and put a layer of hardware cloth on the bottom. Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hardware cloth 

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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hardware cloth was in 1894

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“Hardware cloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardware%20cloth. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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