What does "flynet" mean?

A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.

Flynet

noun

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Noun

1
A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.
"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.
"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."

"The Pope declares me guilty of treason; he is using a flynet to catch an eagle."

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

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