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wire-wove

[ wahyuhr-wohv ]

adjective

  1. made of woven wire.
  2. noting fine, glazed paper used especially as letter paper.

wire-wove

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or comprising a high-grade glazed paper, usually for writing
  2. woven of wire

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wire-wove1

First recorded in 1790–1800; wire + wove, past participle of weave

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Example Sentences

They were the patronesses of your patent ink and your wire-wove paper.

We could now hear a leaf fall—a leaf of the finest wire-wove.

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