fly front

American  

noun

1. a flap of material down one side of the front opening of a garment to conceal buttons, fasteners, or the like, as on a coat or dress.

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Etymology

Origin of fly front

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Single breasted sack overcoats, with fly front, are most desirable from every point of view.

From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Copeland, Vanness

Towards evening the flies swarmed over its fly front, getting in in numbers one could not tell where or how.

From Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Hubbard, Mina Benson