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

I drove the stakes in the mud, spread the fyke in the boat, tied the end of one wing to the stake, and cast the whole into the water.

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

A fyke is a good thing to have in the country.

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

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

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.