Definitions:
work done in or with wire; material or articles made of wire; (also) a structure made of wire, especially in the form of a mesh or grid. formerly also: †the making of wire (obsolete).

in plural. chiefly with singular agreement. an establishment where wire is made or (less commonly) where wire goods are manufactured.

a balancing act or feat performed on a tightly stretched wire suspended above the ground; the art of doing this; tightrope walking.

to manipulate or influence (a person); = wire-pull.