fishnet

fishnet
/fish"net'/, n.
1. a net for catching fish.
2. a fabric having an open mesh resembling a fishnet.
adj.
3. being of an open-mesh weave: fishnet stockings.
[bef. 1000; ME; OE fiscnett. See FISH, NET1]

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