zinc gauze, n.

zinc-gauze
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zinc gauzenoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zinc gauze come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zinc gauze is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zinc gauze is from 1844, in the writing of Henry Stephens, writer on agriculture.

### Nearby entries

1. zinc-amide, n. 1859–
2. zincate, n. 1872–
3. zinc-blende, n. 1842–
4. zinc-bloom, n. 1842–
5. zinc chloride, n. 1851–
6. zinc chromate, n. 1851–
7. zinc chrome, n. 1892–
8. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
9. zinc finger, n. 1987–
10. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
11. zinc gauze, n.1844–
12. zinc green, n. 1847–
13. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–
14. zincian, adj. 1930–
15. zincic, adj. 1860–
16. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
17. zincification, n. 1891–
18. zincify, v. 1801–
19. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
20. zincite, n. 1854–
21. zinckenite, n. 1835–

## Meaning & use

1. 1844–
   See zinc n. Compounds.
   1. 1844

      > The windows should be protected..with fly zinc-gauze.

      H. Stephens, Book of Farm vol. I. 214

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, n.

zinc, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.