wire-wrappedadj.
/ˈwʌɪəˌrapt/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)ˌræpt/ 1. Enclosed within or surrounded by turns of wire.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > wrapped in specific material
matted1758
sheeted1766
wire-wrapped1860
towelled1920
burlapped1927
cellophaned1927
poly-wrapped1965
shrink-wrapped1970
bubble-wrapped1985
1860 U.S. Patent 29,179 1/1 Brooms made upon our plan will be more durable..than the cord or wire wrapped brooms.
1875 U.S. Patent 171,098 1/1 An ordinary wire-wrapped magnet.
1987 R. S. Brindle New Music (ed. 2) xv. 161 Wire-wrapped bass strings can be scraped with knife blades.
2002 J. T. Bushberg et al. Essent. Physics Med. Imaging (ed. 2) xv. 458 Air core magnets are made of wire-wrapped cylinders of 1-m diameter and greater.
2. Electronics. Of connections or circuits: made by wire wrapping (wire wrapping n. 2); suitable for wire wrapping.
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1959 U.S. Patent 2,872,624 4 The grounding strip terminal portions..may advantageously be square or rectangular in cross section so that wire-wrapped connections..may be made thereto.
1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xii. 829/1 Wire-wrapped connections are as reliable as well-soldered connections, and it is extremely easy to do them rapidly.
2006 G. McComb & M. Predko Robot Builder's Bonanza (ed. 3) vii. 87 A complex wire-wrapped board quickly becomes a rat's nest and wiring errors are extremely difficult to find.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1860