meshworkn.
/ˈmɛʃwəːk/, U.S. /ˈmɛʃˌwərk/ Meshes collectively; a structure consisting of meshes, a network. Frequently in extended use.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > structure resembling network
netOE
webworkc1175
network1590
reticulation1663
spider-web1699
mesh1712
reticulum1722
reticle1790
spider-workc1812
meshwork1830
sagene1846
web1851
chainwork1864
ribwork1892
meshing1907
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 263 A meshwork of cellular tissue.
1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 I. 446 The civil conspiracy..covering the whole land with a connected mesh-work of espionnage, is a political evil of the first magnitude.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 222 A mesh-work cage of wire gauze.
1922 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 166/1 Bomb-catching meshwork is stretched across the archway.
1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) v. 174 The Palaeodictyoptera were characterized by..the wing-membrane strengthened by an irregular meshwork of veinlets or archidictyon.
1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 June 15/1 Ribbentrop..is used as a peg on which to hang the intricate meshwork of diplomatic relations leading up to and into World War II.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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