单词 | wire-wove |
释义 | ˈwire-wove, ppl. a. (occas. -woven.) [f. wire n. + wove, pa. pple. of weave v.] 1. Denoting a very fine kind of paper used chiefly for letter-paper. (See wove.)
1799Spirit Publ. Jrnls. III. 65 The splendours of gold leaf, wire-wove paper, and Morocco leather. 1808[W. Gifford] Heroic Epist. Winsor Advt. to Rdr., I intend to print the Text upon a fine wire-woven hot-pressed paper. 1877S. Redgrave Descr. Catal. Water-Col. Paintings 17 The papers..were chiefly of the description termed wire-wove. 2. Made of woven wire.
1888Builder 3 Nov. 326/2 The roof of the Aquarium was being covered..with..‘Patent Wire Wove Roofing’. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 169 A horse-hair mattress..supported on a chain or wire-wove under-mattress. |

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