wire-woveadj.
/ˈwʌɪəwəʊv/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwoʊv/ 1. = wire-woven adj. 1. Now rare.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > woven paper
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1791 R. Broome Exam. Expediency continuing Present Impeachment facing p. 1 (advt.) Beautifully printed on a Superfine Wire wove Paper, in One Volume Octavo.
1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 65 The splendours of gold leaf, wire-wove paper, and Morocco leather.
1826 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 82/2 In this age of taste and elegance, of wirewove paper, broad margins, and blank pages, [etc.].
1877 S. Redgrave Descr. Catal. Water-colour Paintings 17 The papers..were chiefly of the description termed wire-wove.
1900 Ipswich Jrnl. 8 Dec. 3/7 My own bungalow or wigwam, is built of wire-wove paper.
1947 D. Hunter Papermaking (ed. 2) iv. 132 Wire-wove paper or the Baskerville style has been in use only since 1750.
2. = wire-woven adj. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from metallic fibre > [adjective]
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1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturalist 122 When hares or rabbits are to be excluded from pleasure-grounds, a wire-wove fence is requisite.
1888 Builder 3 Nov. 326/2 The roof of the Aquarium was being covered..with..‘Patent Wire Wove Roofing’.
1902 Times 3 Sept. 3/2 Erecting houses of wire-wove material.
1994 B. Anderson All Nice Girls v. 85 There was little furniture: a wire-wove double bed, a chipped and varnished chest of drawers, a bedside table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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