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View synonyms for wirework

wirework

[ wahyuhr-wurk ]

noun

  1. fabrics or articles made of wire.


wirework

/ ˈwaɪəˌwɜːk /

noun

  1. functional or decorative work made of wire
  2. objects made of wire, esp netting
  3. a special effects technique in film or theatre in which actors are suspended from moving wires so that they appear to fly

    the spectacular wirework of Chinese cinema

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wirework1

First recorded in 1580–90; wire + work
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Example Sentences

His white mice live in a little pagoda of gaily-painted wirework, designed and made by himself.

The singers were in a crib of wirework (like a large meat-safe or bird-cage) in one corner; and sang most atrociously.

This he found led into a cool passage, along one side of which was a wirework kind of cage.

The little Duchess is a wild bird caged in the strangely twisted wirework of artificial modes and forms.

A large wirework aviary is filled with fifty specimens of tropical birds with pretty plumage and names hard to pronounce.

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