English
Alternative spellings
cat-flap
Etymology
From cat + flap
Noun
cat flap
- Small hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just big enough for a cat to enter.
#*1984, Arthur Hailey, Strong Medicine, Doubleday, ISBN 0385180144, p. 340,
#*: Then, one Saturday when Martin was working but Yvonne wasn't, she brought a saw and other tools with which she constructed a hinged "cat flap" in a rear down-stairs door. It meant that the cats were free to come and go at any time, the effect being healthier for the pets and for the household.
#*1988, Fay Weldon, The Heart of the Country, Viking, ISBN 0670818755, p. 142,
#*: Jane had sealed up the cat flap, closed the ever-open window of the laundry, but there the cat somehow managed to be, staring up with a look of dependence.
#*2006, Louise Rennison, Startled by His Furry Shorts, HarperCollins?, ISBN 0060853840, p. 104,
#*: I let the cats out because they couldn't be arsed going through the cat flap. They were just sitting in front of the cat flap and yowling.
Translations
Finnish: t|fi|kissaluukku
French: chatière f
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See also
doggie door
pet door
Category:Cats
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