wire-netting

A gardener uses wire-netting to protect the vegetable patch from rabbits.

Definition

Noun: a net made of wire, typically used as a barrier or fencing material. It consists of interwoven or welded metal strands forming a mesh.

Usage Examples

• (A wire mesh barrier to keep poultry contained.)
• (A protective fencing made of interwoven metal wire.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be behind wire-netting": to be confined or protected by a wire mesh barrier.
  • The prisoners were kept behind wire-netting in the compound. (They were enclosed by a wire fence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Wire netting (n): an alternative spelling of the same term.
  • The garden was protected by wire netting against rabbits. (A mesh fence to prevent animal damage.)

Synonyms

• Wire mesh: a material made of interwoven or welded metal wires.
• Chain-link fencing: a type of wire-netting with a diamond pattern, often used for security.
• Chicken wire: a lightweight wire-netting with hexagonal openings, commonly used in poultry enclosures.

Related Idioms

• "a wire-netting of regulations": a metaphorical use meaning a complex, restrictive set of rules.
  • The new laws formed a wire-netting of bureaucracy that slowed progress. (A confining system of regulations.)