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.)
| 1799 Spirit 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. 1877 S. Redgrave Descr. Catal. Water-Col. Paintings 17 The papers..were chiefly of the description termed wire-wove. |
2. Made of woven wire.
| 1888 Builder 3 Nov. 326/2 The roof of the Aquarium was being covered..with..‘Patent Wire Wove Roofing’. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 169 A horse-hair mattress..supported on a chain or wire-wove under-mattress. |