fly-net cupboard; food safe with mesh
A traditional cupboard or cabinet with fine mesh sides to keep flies away from food. Now mostly historical or rural.
At my grandmother's house, there is still an old fly-net cupboard in the kitchen.
Standard kanji spelling using the common form of 'fly'.
Variant using the older, less common kanji for 'fly'.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for clarity.
Compound of 蝿 (fly) and 帳 (curtain, screen), literally 'fly screen'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word describes a screened cupboard for food storage.