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† stall net Obs.
In 3 stalnett, 6 stalnette, 7 stale-net, stall nett.
[Prob. f. stall n.1; cf. stall-boat.]
A stationary net laid across a river, esp. for sprat-fishing.
1246Charter Roll 31 Hen. III m. 13 in Cal. (1903) 310 [To fish in] hetun, dreynett, flodnett et stalnett. 1552Huloet, Stalnette, semiplagium. 1614T. Gentleman England's Way 19 These men..do set forth stale-boates, amongst the sands in the Theames mouth, for to take sprats, with great stale-nets, with a great poake. a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts vi. (1704) 524/2 They are..en⁓trapped by the Stale Nets, that use to take the Sprats. 1688Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 276/2 The Fourth..is termed a Stall Nett; these are netts of great length and breadth which are generally layd cross a River. |