flynet

plural flynets · alternative fly-net · alternative fly net

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.

   1911, Mandell Creighton, A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome

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.

   1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 76