wire netting

noun

: a wire cloth coarser than wire gauze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The framework of the car is made of wood, on which wire netting is tacked. —Scientific American, 18 June 2020

Then the modeler begins operations with palette and trowel, daubing the wire netting with the plastic material. —Scientific American, 18 June 2020

Next to what was the house is an orchard enclosed in wire netting to protect the harvest from fruit-loving creatures. —National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined above