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landing net

noun Angling.
  1. a small, bag-shaped net with a handle at the mouth, for scooping a hooked fish out of the water and bringing it to shore or into a boat.

Origin of landing net

First recorded in 1645–55
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Examples from the Web for landing net

Historical Examples of landing net

  • The landing-net was useless for one of his size, and I would not have him gaffed.

    American Notes

    Rudyard Kipling

  • Thus he remained for a full minute, gasping like a fish in a landing-net.

  • Never, till 1890, in all my days did I possess a landing-net.

    Angling Sketches

    Andrew Lang

  • Then we remember, with a flash of despair, that we have no landing-net!

    Days Off

    Henry Van Dyke

  • Orlando stepped down and quietly slipped the landing-net under him.

    Days Off

    Henry Van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for landing net

landing net

noun
  1. angling a loose long-handled net on a triangular frame for lifting hooked fish from the water
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