flywire
A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
Noun
- A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
- He noticed for the first time that the fellow was naked. He had taken little notice of him in the darkened room, and afterwards had seen him only through the fly-wire door. - 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in...
- For a moment, she feared he would, like a new puppy, burst through the flywire. - 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 367:
- He stood in the deep shadow of the open doorway, holding the flywire back with one hand and watching them get out and stretch their limbs in the sun. - 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin,...
Origin
From fly + wire.