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netting

[ net-ing ]

noun

  1. any of various kinds of net fabric:

    fish netting; mosquito netting.



netting

/ ˈnɛtɪŋ /

noun

  1. any netted fabric or structure


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Word History and Origins

Origin of netting1

First recorded in 1560–70; net 1 + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

The fences are themselves covered in black sniper netting, to discourage assassins.

From that quantity he can make $120,000, netting $70,000 in profit.

He offloaded 20.1 million shares after the first lockup expired, netting him just under $400 million.

They rented an entire seaside resort, which they covered in green mesh netting to prevent long-range photography.

Fingering the mesh netting that allows a woman wearing a burka to see, she looked grim.

The covering of the bales is a sort of netting made by the peasants from goat's hair; it is elastic and of great strength.

They are in plain netting, and will require white, and five shades of scarlet wool.

Net five rows, then take a mesh a very little larger, and widen by netting two stitches in every stitch.

Any tinsmith will turn up the sides for you, leaving the front a little higher than the others, so as to overlap the netting.

If you can procure the wire netting only of a certain width, grade the length of your cage accordingly.

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