netting
n.a material made of threads or wires that are tied together with holes between them. You use it to catch things, like fish, or to keep things out, like insects.
n.a fabric or structure made of interlaced threads, cords, or wires that form a mesh. Often used for protection, containment, or capture.
“We put netting over the bushes to keep the birds away.”
“The construction crew installed safety netting around the scaffolding to prevent debris from falling onto the sidewalk.”
“Fine-mesh netting is essential in tropical regions to provide a physical barrier against mosquitoes, significantly reducing the transmission of malaria within residential areas.”
“A familiar example can be seen when two layers of mosquito netting or thin curtains are placed on top of each other.”
From net + -ing.
From Middle English netting (“urine”). Further etymology unclear. Perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German nattinge (“wetness”), or derived from Middle Low German nette (“wetness, urine”), netten (“to wet, urinate”), from Old Saxon nettian, from Proto-West Germanic nattjan. Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English nettan (“to wet”), from Proto-West Germanic nattjan (“to wet”), related to Middle Low German netten (“to wet, urinate”), Dutch netten (“to wet”), German nässen (“to wet”), all related to the above.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.