zinc-gauzehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zinc-gauze_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezinc gauze, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zinc gauzenoun

  1. 1844–
    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.