pound net
noun
a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
Words nearby pound net
pouncet box, pound, pound cake, pound cost averaging, pound key, pound net, pound of flesh, pound out, pound scots, pound sign, pound sterling
Origin of pound net
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Examples from the Web for pound net
The waters abound in fish, but we have a pound-net which supplies us with all we can eat.
Comrades|Thomas DixonAt one pound-net fishery in Provincetown he saw enough salmon to fill two sugar barrels.
British Dictionary definitions for pound net
pound net
noun
a fishing trap having an arrangement of standing nets directing the fish into an enclosed net
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