flynet

English

Alternative forms

  • fly-net, fly net

Etymology

From Middle English *flynet, from Old English flēohnet, flēohnett (“flynet”), equivalent to fly +‎ net. Compare Middle Dutch vlieghennet (“flynet”).

Noun

flynet (plural flynets)

  1. A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.
    • 1911, Mandell Creighton, A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome:
      The Pope declares me guilty of treason; he is using a flynet to catch an eagle.
  2. A fringe or net used to protect a horse from flies.
    • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 76:
      A small polished wooden rocking-horse, of about 1830, in the American Museum at Bath, wears a fly-net over its back. Other small horses may have this idea carried out in brush strokes.

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