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单词 day net
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day netn.

Brit. /ˈdeɪ nɛt/, U.S. /ˈdeɪ ˌnɛt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., net n.1
Etymology: < day n. + net n.1
Now rare.
A net (esp. a clap net) used by day for catching larks and other small birds.For a full description of a system for catching birds that requires use of the day net, see R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation (1686) xx. 145.
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1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 137 The Larketaker in his day net hath a glasse whereon while the birdes sit and gaze they are taken in the net.
1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight ii. sig. E Madam I would not haue you with the barke Play your selfe into day net.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 27 Some he catches with light (as Larks with day-nets).
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation xx. 145 (heading) Of the Day-Net, for taking of Birds.
1754 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Singing Birds xiii. 109 The best time for catching them is about Michelmas, with trap-cage, and day-nets.
1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 330 These nets are known in most parts of England by the name of day-nets or clap-nets.
1839 Sporting Mag. Feb. 121 Bird-catching was a favourite recreation with all classes of the ancient Egyptians, and they used nets for the purpose, precisely resembling our day-nets.
1909 Pop. Mech. Aug. 168/2 In using the day net..they [sc. experts] say it is necessary to keep feeding the birds and leaving the nets alone until the sparrow begins to regard the vicinity of the trap as a free lunch establishment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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