mosquito bar

noun

A wooden frame covered with netting designed to keep out mosquitoes.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounmosquito bar (plural mosquito bars)

plural mosquito bars

  1. USA wooden frame covered with netting designed to keep out mosquitoes.First known use 19th c.

    The mosquito bar was drawn over her; the old woman had come in while she slept and let down the bar.

    1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
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