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half-net, halve-net Sc. [Etymology doubtful: perh. more than one word.] A fishing-net set or held so as to intercept the fish as the tide ebbs. See also quot. 1812.
1538Aberd. Reg. V. 16 (Jam.) An halfnett & half hawnett of the Pott water. 1630in Descr. Thames (1758) 76 All such as have pitched, set or erected any Riff-Hedge, or Half-Net, upon Stakes or otherwise. 1810Cromek Rem. Nithsdale & Galloway Song 305 (Jam.) He was standing with a halve-net, awaiting the approach of the tide. 1812Singer Agric. Dumfries 603 Halve Nets are a kind of bag-net which catch salmon, gilse, and sea-trout..The persons..entitled to use these and other small nets, are the proprietors within the royalty of Annan. |