单词 | clap-net |
释义 | clap-netn. A kind of net so constructed that it can be suddenly shut by pulling a string. Forms of it are used by fowlers, and by entomologists. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > net plover net1404 tunnelc1440 setter1526 trammel1530 bird net1533 day net1576 road net1581 sparrow-net1621 shaw-net1648 trammel-net1648 spreadnet1661 pocket-hay1704 bramble-net1706 clap-net1708 tunnel-net1721 funnel-net1774 bow-net1875 flight net1889 house trap1903 pouting-net1905 1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum (at cited word) Clap-net and Looking Glass, a Device to catch Larks with. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. x. 230 Bird-batting..performed by holding a large Clap-Net before a Lanthorn, and at the same time, beating the Bushes. View more context for this quotation 1841 E. Newman Familiar Introd. Hist. Insects 93 The clap-net..is the grand weapon of the entomologist. The rods of the clap-net are each composed of five pieces, united by ferules. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 93 The lantern and the clapnet suit the hedge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1708 |
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