Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mesh

Mesh (mesh) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon masc, max, mascre; akin to Dutch maas, masche, Old High German masca, Icelandic moskvi; compare Lithuanian mazgas a knot, megsti to weave nets, to knot.]

1.
The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. — Shakespeare
2.
(Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
Collocations (1)
Mesh stick , a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.

Mesh , transitive verb

To catch in a mesh. — Surrey

Mesh , intransitive verb

(Gearing) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.