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wirework

[ wahyuhr-wurk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

wirework

/ ˈwaɪəˌwɜːk /

functional or decorative work made of wire
objects made of wire, esp netting
a special effects technique in film or theatre in which actors are suspended from moving wires so that they appear to fly
the spectacular wirework of Chinese cinema

First recorded in 1580–90; wire + work

His white mice live in a little pagoda of gaily-painted wirework, designed and made by himself.

The singers were in a crib of wirework (like a large meat-safe or bird-cage) in one corner; and sang most atrociously.

This he found led into a cool passage, along one side of which was a wirework kind of cage.

The little Duchess is a wild bird caged in the strangely twisted wirework of artificial modes and forms.

A large wirework aviary is filled with fifty specimens of tropical birds with pretty plumage and names hard to pronounce.

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