fly front
- noun
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- I wore rust-red corduroy slacks with a fly front that barely fit me; they'd grown so tight; and a sweatshirt from my semester at a community college with the words "POETRY POWER" on the front. Over this, a canvas jacket one of the other waitresses had been going to throw away.
Examples
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He bought a pair of jeans with a fly front that made them easy to wear.
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She preferred skirts with a fly front for convenience when getting dressed.
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The dress featured a stylish fly front that added a modern touch.
Synonyms
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An opening at the front of trousers closed with a zipper or buttons
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'fly' (a front opening on trousers closed with a zipper or buttons) and 'front' (the front part). This straightforward noun+noun compound follows ordinary English composition patterns (and parallels in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Fly front may come from fly, which meant a small flap of cloth, and front, the front part of a skirt or trousers. Imagine that flap lying over a zipper or buttons to hide the 'opening' — that's why fly front means the neat, covered fastener at the front of clothes.