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wire netting

noun

Definition of WIRE NETTING

:  a wire cloth coarser than wire gauze
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First Known Use of WIRE NETTING

1801

Rhymes with WIRE NETTING

bed-wetting, besetting, bloodletting, filmsetting, go-getting, jet-setting, place setting, trendsetting, typesetting

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