cat flap

See also: catflap and cat-flap

English

A cat passing through a cat flap

Alternative forms

• cat-flap, catflap

Noun

cat flap (plural cat flaps)

1. 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, page 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, page 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, page 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

small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in

• Catalan: gatonera (ca) f, gatera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寵物門／宠物门 (chǒngwùmén)

• Danish: kattelem (da) c
• Dutch: kattengat (nl) n, kattenluikje (nl)
• Finnish: kissanluukku
• French: chatière (fr) f
• Galician: gateira (gl) f, postigo (gl) m
• German: Katzenklappe (de) f, Katzentür f
• Greek: γατόπορτα (el) f (gatóporta)
• Italian: gattaiola (it) f
• Japanese: ペットドア (petto doa)
• Norman: catchiéthe f
• Polish: klapka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gateira (pt) f
• Russian: коша́чья засло́нка f (košáčʹja zaslónka), коша́чья дверь f (košáčʹja dverʹ)
• Spanish: gatera (es) f
• Swedish: kattlucka (sv) c

See also

• doggie door
• pet door

Anagrams

• flat cap, flatcap