Definition of Fly front

1. Noun. An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth.

Exact synonyms: Fly
Group relationships: Garment
Generic synonyms: Opening

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly Front

fly agaric
fly ash
fly ball
fly biscuit
fly blind
fly blister
fly box
fly boxes
fly bridge
fly by
fly by the seat of one's pants
fly casting
fly contact
fly fishing
fly front (current term)
fly high
fly honeysuckle
fly in the face of
fly in the ointment
fly in the teeth of
fly into a rage
fly like a rock
fly low
fly off
fly off the handle
fly on
fly on the wall
fly open
fly orchid

Literary usage of Fly front

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford, Circuit Court (2nd Circuit, United States (1888)
"The plaintiff insists that the actual invention of the patentee was a check-piece which received the force of any unusual strain upon the fly-front of ..."

2. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1872)
"The broad portion of the object before us, forming its bottom part, bristling with course black hair, is the TONGUE OF BLOW-FLY. front of the head of a ..."

3. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Munuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1896)
"The broad portion of the object before us, forming its bottom part, bristling with course black hair, is the TONGUE OF BLOW-FLY. front of the head of a ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1808)
"Hark what Spirits cry for vengeance, Matrons' honour, Daughters' tears, Fly, fly front these, insulting France! ..."

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