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Definition of flywire in English: flywirenounˈflʌɪwʌɪə mass nounAustralian, NZ Fine wire mesh designed to keep out flying insects. mosquitoes, combined with a shortage of flywire, upset the new arrivals Example sentencesExamples - I heard the dull thud of two feet coming over the wall, then the rattle of the flywire opening.
- On the other side of the flywire there was something human in size and shape.
- In a camp situation, any flywire-enclosed area was likely to be damaged in no time at all.
- We reduced the main fire risk by covering ember entry points with metal flywire.
- The dining rooms and the toilets were without flywire to protect them from flies.
- She peers at me through the flywire.
- A heavy object leaned against the door's flywire, forcing it outwards.
- When I've smoked my cigarette I stub it on the flywire screen.
- Seed was placed in the forest in flywire envelopes from January to April.
- The bird disappeared through a gap in a flywire screen and flapped away.
Origin Early 19th century: from fly2 + wire. |