flynet
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English *flynet, from Old English flēohnet, flēohnett (“flynet”), equivalent to fly + net. Compare Middle Dutch vlieghennet (“flynet”).
Noun edit
flynet (plural flynets)
- 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.
- A fringe or net used to protect a horse from flies.
Translations edit
net
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fringe or net to protect horse
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