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RAINFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rainfly mean? 

RAINFLY (noun)
  The noun RAINFLY has 1 sense:

1. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tentplay

  Familiarity information: RAINFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAINFLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fly; fly sheet; rainfly; tent-fly; tent flap

Hypernyms ("rainfly" is a kind of...):

flap (any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely)

Holonyms ("rainfly" is a part of...):

fly tent (a tent with a fly front)


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