[f. FLY sb.1 OE. had fléhnet.]
1. A net to keep away flies.
a. 1000. Judith, 47 (Gr.). Þær wæs eallȝylden fleohnet.
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 896/2. Fly-net. 1. (Menage.) A net of meshes, or a fringe of leather strips, to protect a horse from flies. 2. A net in an open window to prevent entrance of flies and other insects.
† 2. = butterfly-net. Obs.
1737. P. Collinson, in Darlington, Mem. of Bartram (1849), 90. Pray take one or two, with the fly-nets, in a bag by thy side, and some pins.
