flywire

From fly +‎ wire.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflʌɪwʌɪə/

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flywire (usually uncountable, plural flywires)

1. (chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 126,

     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.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 367:

     For a moment, she feared he would, like a new puppy, burst through the flywire.

   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin 2003, p. 64:

     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.

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