Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A screen or covering of plain lace, coarse gauze, or mosquito-netting, used as a protection against mosquitos and other insects.

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Examples

  • I performed my ablutions in some bewilderment, and my good angel prompted me to wrap a towel round myself before venturing out, for when I did, damned if the door he'd used didn't open, and a massive bosom emerged, followed by the soulful countess in a night-rail fashioned apparently from a scrap of mosquito-net.

    Watershed 2010

  • Say there is a mosquito-net maker in small-town Africa.

    Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa Dambisa Moyo 2009

  • And if they're able to handle making the bed, make the bed the focal point with a brightly-colored wall behind it, a mosquito-net canopy (we got ours from IKEA), or fabric hung on the wall behind it like a tapestry.

    The First Thing You See In A Room, 2 regina doman 2007

  • And if they're able to handle making the bed, make the bed the focal point with a brightly-colored wall behind it, a mosquito-net canopy (we got ours from IKEA), or fabric hung on the wall behind it like a tapestry.

    Archive 2007-02-01 regina doman 2007

  • Alexandra woke alone, and as she rolled over inside the mosquito-net tent, she winced at the bright sunlight flooding the rondavel.

    Hollywood Husband Contract Wife Porter, Jane 2006

  • Mr. Von Siebold called on me this evening, and I envied him his fresh, clean clothing as much as he envied me my stretcher and mosquito-net.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • I performed my ablutions in some bewilderment, and my good angel prompted me to wrap a towel round myself before venturing out, for when I did, damned if the door he'd used didn't open, and a massive bosom emerged, followed by the soulful countess in a night-rail fashioned apparently from a scrap of mosquito-net.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

  • I left it on top of the mosquito-net, message downwards, and hoped that Boyer would not be too hungover to read it.

    A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

  • The room contained little more than a wooden double bed, the statutory mosquito-net, and a bare lamp bulb which glared down on the scene, making the eyes ache.

    A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

  • I have underwear and outer garments and the shoes, and I received mosquito-net and blankets and such things as that.

    Pilots in Pajamas - Part 3 1967

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