fyke

American  

[fahyk] / faɪk /

noun

Hudson and Delaware Valleys.

1. a bag-shaped fish trap.

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fyke British  

/ faɪk /

noun

1. a fish trap consisting of a net suspended over a series of hoops, laid horizontally in the water

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Etymology

Origin of fyke

1825–35, < Dutch fuik, Middle Dutch fuycke; cognate with Old Frisian fūcke

Example Sentences

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fyke

The banks of the Presumpscot River, which flows through the state’s largest city of Portland, has been flanked by fishermen with fyke nets in recent weeks.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022

I hae often wondered that ony ane that ever bent a knee for the right purpose, should ever daur to crook a hough to fyke and fling at piper's wind and fiddler's squealing.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Then I jumped out of the boat to save the fyke, and the boat got away.

From Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I by Masson, Thomas L.

Fifty-nine stations were sampled one or more times, using seines, hoop and fyke nets, wire traps, experimental gill nets, rotenone, and an electric fish shocker.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

Hadst thou taen aff some drowsy bummle, Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble, 'Twad been nae plea; But he was gleg as ony wumble, That's owre the sea!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert