A stationary net laid across a river, esp. for sprat-fishing.

A kind of fixed fishing-net formerly used in the Thames and other rivers, concerning which ordinances were made from 14th cent. onward.

a fishing net fastened across a stream or channel, into which the fish are driven.

(a) = trink, n.1 (b) = trinkerman, n. Also in combination trinker-boat n. Obsolete = trink-boat n. at trink, n.1 compounds.

A net cast or set for catching fish. Cf. piche, n.

A fishing-net set or held so as to intercept the fish as the tide ebbs. See also quot. 1812.

= main sense

(a) a net thrown across a river or tidal channel to intercept fish; (b) a net to stop the ball, in various games.

‘A large fishing net anchored’ (Jamieson), which is watched in order to be drawn in when the fish enter it. More fully toot and haul net.

a long net fixed by poles and extending into a river so as to form a yair.

a fishing net supported on stakes.

Miscellaneous technical senses. Fishing. (a) = ‘set net’ (see set, adj.1); chiefly eel-set. (b) See quot. 1867. (Cf. Middle Dutch set, sete.)

a fishing net usually set between tide-marks or in shallow water, secured in a vertical position by means of stakes.

a fishing-net connected with a boom.