wire netting

noun

: a wire cloth coarser than wire gauze

Examples of wire netting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside, each cell had a toilet and a bed and was covered by wire netting, presumably to prevent escape. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

The framework of the car is made of wood, on which wire netting is tacked. — 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

Rhymes for wire netting

• interpreting
• thermosetting
• abetting
• begetting
• besetting
• bloodletting
• briquetting
• forgetting
• offsetting
• pipetting
• regretting
• resetting