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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NETTING, n.
1. A piece of network.
2. A complication of ropes fastened across each other, to be stretched along the upper part of a ships quarter to contain hammocks. Netting is also employed to hammocks. Netting is also employed to hold the fore and main-top-mast sails when stowed. Netting is also extended along a ships gunwale in engagements, to prevent the enemy from boarding.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling]
2: creating nets

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1567 1. network 1 2. the act or process of making a net or network 3. the act, process, or right of fishing with a net

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 netted fabric. 2 a piece of this.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Netting Net"ting, n. Urine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Net Net, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.] 1. To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk. 2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Netting Net"ting, n. [From Net, n.] 1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc. 2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between. 3. (Naut.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. --Totten. Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See Needle, n., 3.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Net Net, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.] To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Netting is a kind of material made of pieces of thread or metal wires. These are woven together so that there are equal spaces between them. ...mosquito netting. ...wire netting. N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N

Moby Thesaurus

apprehension, arabesque, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, basketry, basketwork, bust, cancellation, capture, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, network, pinch, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, seizure, sieve, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork