clap-net

British  

noun

1. a net, used esp by entomologists, that can be closed instantly by pulling a string

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Example Sentences

Philip took the green clap-net and went in chase of the beautiful fly which flitted on before him, now stopping, now going on again, and sipping flower after flower.

From Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home by Fenn, George Manville

Tess, between the Amazons and the farmer, like a bird caught in a clap-net, returned no answer, continuing to pull the straw.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

However, it may, perhaps, be necessary to describe how to make this machine or clap-net — fit only for dealers or exterminators.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

You have now a portable bag, or "clap-net," of over 5 ft. high by 2 ft.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

First, then, comes the ordinary "clap-net" of the London and provincial bird-catchers.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu