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wire netting en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A hexagonal network of interwoven wire used in fencing; chicken wire.
    • Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken. 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:

Forms

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wire nettings Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

hardware cloth · wire gauze

Translations (8)

it reticolato rete metallica (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · cmn 鐵絲網 /铁丝网 (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · el συρματόπλεγμα (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · pt alambrado (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · no gjerdenetting (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · fi metallilankaverkko (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · pt cerca de arame (hexagonal network of interwoven wire) · es mallazo (hexagonal network of interwoven wire)