landing net

noun Angling.

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.

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Origin of landing net

First recorded in 1645–55

Words nearby landing net

landing craft, landing field, landing flap, landing force, landing gear, landing net, landing page, landing party, landing ship, landing speed, landing stage

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Example sentences from the Web for landing net

Once he was so close to the shore that the angler made a thrust at him with the landing-net, and just grazed his side.
Forest Neighbors|William Davenport Hulbert
He bends down, with his knees upon the gunwale, and leans over with the landing-net, in his right hand.
Grim: The Story of a Pike|Svend Fleuron
A silvery-grey, gleaming, glittering object was leaping in the landing-net at the bottom of the boat.
For the Sake of the School|Angela Brazil
Whenever Pete hooked a fish my friend would lay down his pipe and play the fish into the landing-net.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118|Various

After a very sharp struggle Dick drew the perch within reach of a landing-net, which Frank slipped under it and lifted it out.
The Swan and Her Crew|George Christopher Davies

British Dictionary definitions for landing net

landing net

noun

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

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