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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.
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Origin of pound net
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words nearby pound net
pound cost averaging, pounder, pound-foot, pound-force, pound key, pound net, pound of flesh, pound out, pound puppy, pound Scots, pound sign
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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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