wire netting

English

Noun

wire netting (countable and uncountable, plural wire nettings)

1. A hexagonal network of interwoven wire used in fencing; chicken wire.
   • 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:

     Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken.

Translations

hexagonal network of interwoven wire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵絲網 / 铁丝网 (zh) (tiěsīwǎng)

• Finnish: metallilankaverkko
• Greek: συρματόπλεγμα (el) n (syrmatóplegma)
• Italian: reticolato rete metallica
• Norwegian: gjerdenetting
• Portuguese: alambrado (pt) m, cerca de arame f
• Spanish: mallazo m

See also

• hardware cloth
• wire gauze