Meaning

A type of writing paper of a fine glazed quality..

Definitions by Sense

1. A type of writing paper of a fine glazed quality.
2. A translucent material made of woven iron wires coated in varnish, used for windows or roofs on temporary structures.
3. A bedspring made entirely from twisted wires formed into springs.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Macmillan continued to argue for cloth binding, and on the following day sent by mail a sample book in cloth binding with imitation 'wirewove paper' in 'mock rib' in order to persuade Pater (p. 71).

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 threads about 1-12 inch apart. The netting is covered on both sides with a thick, translucent varnish, containing a loarge percentage of linseed oil.

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.

In design, in internal arrangement and in appearance it was satisfactory, but it failed in the first essential of a house, as it afforded no Protection whatsoever against either heat or cold. Not only did this wirewove material afford no protection, but it appeared to intensify within the house the heat or cold prevailing outside.

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.

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.

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