wire-netting

  • 51wire net — a cone shaped net with a two inch or more stretched mesh over a wire frame of five inch mesh to support the netting. Used in Louisiana …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 52Chicken wire — For the structure pattern in chemistry, see Chicken wire (chemistry). Close up of chicken wire used in a chicken coop. Chicken wire, or poultry netting, is a mesh of wire commonly used to fence poultry livestock. It is made of thin, flexible… …

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  • 53chicken wire — N UNCOUNT Chicken wire is a type of thin wire netting …

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  • 54chicken wire — chick′en wire n. bui a light wire netting having a large hexagonal mesh, used esp. as fencing • Etymology: 1915–20, amer …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55bird netting — /ˈbɜd nɛtɪŋ/ (say berd neting) noun wire netting of fine gauge to prevent poultry and other birds from escaping, or to afford protection to the birds from predators …

  • 56foot netting — /ˈfʊt nɛtɪŋ/ (say foot neting) noun wire netting, originally 12 inches (one foot) wide. Also, footnetting …

  • 57chicken wire — noun Etymology: from its use for making enclosures for chickens Date: circa 1904 a light galvanized wire netting of hexagonal mesh …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 58chicken wire — a light, wire netting having a large, hexagonal mesh, used esp. as fencing. [1915 20, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 59chicken wire — noun light wire netting with a hexagonal mesh …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60chain wire — /ˈtʃeɪn waɪə/ (say chayn wuyuh) noun a wire netting suitable for fencing. Also, chainwire …