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单词 clap-net
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clap-netn.

Etymology: < clap v.1or clap n.1
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.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > net
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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).
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