mosquito net

Historical Examples of mosquito net

• There was a room there with a golden netting, like a mosquito-net.

  Aino Folk-Tales

  Basil Hall Chamberlain

• The mosquito-net was drawn round the bed, but Hermione saw that her child was not behind it.

  A Spirit in Prison

  Robert Hichens

• I must confess, too, that I remained there long after he had crawled under his mosquito-net.

  A Set of Six

  Joseph Conrad

• A mosquito-net must be fitted to every bed, but may not always be required.

  The Inhabitants of the Philippines

  Frederic H. Sawyer

• All night we steamed and sleepily suffered beneath the mosquito-net.

  From the Oak to the Olive

  Julia Ward Howe