Garments

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Conceptual system
fly
Domain:  Garments
Subdomain (1st level):  Skirt, Pants
Table:  Table 8, Table 7
Noun
Countable
Definition:  Piece of material, attached by one edge, which conceals the zipper or button openings in skirts, shorts and pants.
Amaden-Crawford, 1995, Rhodes, 2004
Context:  The pants fly is constructed after the front pockets have been completed. The fly front closing illustrated here is called a french fly. The back of the fly is extended to form a buttonhole tab.
Cabrera, Meyers “Men’s wear”, 1984
Attestation:  10
Contained in:  pants, skirt
It:  finta
Degree of reliability:  10
Notes:  Image and context do not belong to the same source. Therefore, the context is not the description of the image.
Rocca, Spinelli, 2001