Mesher

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who makes or works with meshes or mesh structures, especially in weaving or netting or in network technology
2. Someone engaged in the crafting or handling of mesh, typically producing woven or net-like materials or managing mesh systems
3. An individual involved in producing mesh fabric or operating devices that create interconnected networks or mesh patterns

Etymology: A mesher was simply someone who worked on net fabric, and the word is built from "mesh" plus the agent suffix "-er." Strikingly, "mesh" originally named the holes rather than the material around them. The Old English "max" meant a net, and from it came the sense of the open spaces between a net's threads. The name for the gaps came to stand for the whole fabric, which is why a mesher's craft was defined by the openings. The "-er" ending does the same job it does in "baker" or "fisher," turning an activity into a person who performs it. Other "mesh" words followed the same pattern of meaning the openings, so a mesher was, literally, someone who made holes into a usable net.