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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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At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.
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The duty on importation had been only twopence per pound, a moderate sum in view of the prices realized by the sale of it.
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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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