dip net

¹

noun

1. a net or mesh bag on a long handle, used to scoop fish from water.

dip-net

²

[ dip-net ]

verb (used with object)

, dip-net·ted, dip-net·ting.

1. to scoop (fish) from water with a dip net.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dip net¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

In running tide areas that neck-down between coastal islands, passes, spits of land, and tidal bars, use fine-mesh dip nets.

From Popular-Science

It has the advantage of being for sale on the market, and in fact is an ordinary fishing dip net of small size.

From Project Gutenberg

Over the kettle a square piece of white flannel was suspended, caught up at the corners like a dip net.

From Project Gutenberg

Arms worked up and down, big boots stamped, while inboard and out swung the dip-net, and onto the deck flopped the mackerel.

From Project Gutenberg

Having thus made ready the sacrificial altar, he took the long-handled dip-net from its nail and descended the bluff to the wharf.

From Project Gutenberg

One member of the party is said to have jumped into the water and with a dip-net thrown bushels of fish upon the beach.

From Project Gutenberg