wirewove

Adjective

wirewove (not comparable)

1. A type of writing paper of a fine glazed quality.
   • Dr. Johnson could not have spoken with more brutal plainness than Davenport to his aspiring neighbour of the first floor,— That best natur'd man with the worst natur'd Muse,— when advising him to abjure foolscap and wirewove, and go home and cultivate his estates.1854, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Progress and Prejudice - Volume 1, page 84
   • Now, high as our opinion is of our laureate's abilities and genius, we offer to lay six guineas of wirewove gilt to a pound of whitey-brown that not two hundred copies of this Eastern Tale are sold within the two years.1867, John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianae, page 353
2. A translucent material made of woven iron wires coated in varnish, used for windows or roofs on temporary structures.
   • A new substitute for glass in the form of varnish covered wire is now being used where glass will not stand the vibration or other conditions. The transparent wirewove roofing which is translucent, pliable as leather, and unbreakable, has for its basis a web of fine iron wire, with warp and weft...1890, The Office Men's Record - Volumes 3-6, page 142
   • Fitting windows with wirewove glass can hardly be considered urgent or unforeseen; it should have been in your private estimates, even if not produced to Parliament.1913, Commonwealth Shipping Committee, Report - Volume 13
3. A bedspring made entirely from twisted wires formed into springs.
   • A wirewove, of course, with that hammocky sag that promised an excruciating night and a hunchback come morning, but it is a clear choice between saggy wirewove and bunks, and she loathes bunks.2002, Fiona Farrell, The hopeful traveller
   • Here a poet with only one true soulmate had loved many women on a dusty mattress, to the harsh, repetitive rhythm of the springs on his wirewove bed.2005, Alice Tawhai, Festival of Miracles, page 15