cat flap
noun1
A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.
- 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.1984, Arthur Hailey, Strong Medicine, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 340:
- 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.1988, Fay Weldon, The Heart of the Country, Viking, →ISBN, page 142:
1 more example
- 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.2006, Louise Rennison, Startled by His Furry Shorts, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 104:
- Related terms
- doggie door, pet door