pound net

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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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How to use pound net in a sentence

On the Massachusetts coast salmon are now regularly taken each year at most of the important pound-net and trap fisheries.
New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century|Various
At one pound-net fishery in Provincetown he saw enough salmon to fill two sugar barrels.
New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century|Various
I found that the shanty of Captain Faulkner, who had charge of the pound net, was adjoining the hotel grounds.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall
The next day but one I went to Faulkner's shanty, by previous appointment, for another trip to the pound net.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall

Ramsay, dipping his oars quietly, steered toward the first pound net they had set.
The Spell of the White Sturgeon|James Arthur Kjelgaard

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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