Meanings
nounwire netting (countable and uncountable, plural wire nettings)
plural wire nettings
- countableuncountableA hexagonal network of interwoven wire used in fencing; chicken wire.
Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken.
1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鐵絲網 /铁丝网
- 鐵絲網 /铁丝网 (tiěsīwǎng)hexagonal network of interwoven wire
Finnish metallilankaverkko
- metallilankaverkkohexagonal network of interwoven wire
Greek συρματόπλεγμα
- συρματόπλεγμα (syrmatóplegma)hexagonal network of interwoven wire
Italian reticolato rete metallica
- reticolato rete metallicahexagonal network of interwoven wire
Norwegian gjerdenetting
- gjerdenettinghexagonal network of interwoven wire
Polish siatka druciana
- siatka drucianahexagonal network of interwoven wire
Portuguese alambrado, cerca de arame
- alambradohexagonal network of interwoven wire
- cerca de aramehexagonal network of interwoven wire
Spanish mallazo
- mallazohexagonal network of interwoven wire
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APA
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Chicago
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