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

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

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

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

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

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

And ye could never imagine the fyke and fash this man has been to me.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The stupid fish come downstream, and, rubbing their noses against the wings, follow the curve toward the fyke and swim into the trap.

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