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doorflap

doorflap noun: a flap of material serving as a crude door to a tent etc.

Noun

doorflap (plural doorflaps)

  1. A flap of material serving as a crude door to a tent etc.
    • They were disturbed from a game of brándubh when the old woman's leathery voice called from beyond the heavy bull's hide doorflap. The old woman's name was Una and she was ushered into the chieftain's home […]2006, Ly de Angeles, The Shining Isle: An Urban Fantasy, page 106

Forms of doorflap

pluraldoorflaps

Origin of doorflap

From door + flap.

Questions about doorflap

What does doorflap mean?
Doorflap means a flap of material serving as a crude door to a tent etc.
What part of speech is doorflap?
Doorflap is a noun.
What is the plural of doorflap?
The plural of doorflap is doorflaps.

Words near doorflap in the dictionary

  1. doorer
  2. doorers
  3. doores
  4. Doorey
  5. Dooreys
  6. doorflap
  7. doorflaps
  8. doorframe
  9. doorframes
  10. Doorga
  11. doorgame

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