fishnetn.
/ˈfɪʃnɛt/, U.S. /ˈfɪʃˌnɛt/ 1. A net used to catch fish; a fishing net.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun]
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yarn1535
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eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) (2009) xix. 11 Hwy ge nu ne settan on sume dune fiscnet eowru, þonne eow fon lysteð leax oððe cyperan?
OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 8 Ða oðre leorningcnihtas reowon þarto, hi wæron unfeor fram lande.., & tugon hyra fiscnett.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 175 Werpinde ut here fishnet in þe se.
1598 F. Meres Palladis Tamia f. 160v He that..goeth about to catch Harts with a fish net, if hee doth not obtaine his purpose, hee cannot accuse fortune, but his owne foolishnesse.
1648 E. Sherburne in tr. Seneca Medea 105 (note) Britomart,..flying from the Pursuit of her Lover Minos, to avoyd his Surprise leapt into the Sea, and fell into a fish-Net.
1719 C. Nary New Test. John xxi. 8 The other Disciples came in the ship..dragging the fish-net.
1847 E. W. Hoskin tr. J. van Lennep Adopted Son I. ix. 101 I have mended the meshes of your fish-net, and now the pike can't get through it as they did.
1952 A. Tutuola Palm-wine Drinkard (1953) 75 I set one trap in a bush which was very far away from any river,..then I set one fish-net inside a river.
2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures 487 The crew thought they saw a 12-foot snake swimming against the tide; unfortunately, it turned out to be a gnarled tree root caught in a fishnet.
2. A piece of fabric having an open-meshed structure resembling that of a fishing net; a garment, accessory, etc., made from such fabric. Now usually as a mass noun: fabric or other material of this kind.
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1865 New Haven (Conn.) Daily Palladium 29 Nov. (Evening ed.) A dashing young bachelor lately appeared in Central Park, with two handsome ponies, whose tails were done up to look like a lady's waterfall, and cooped up in small fish-nets.
1909 M. Moore Let. 2 May in Sel. Lett. (1997) 70 Mary Rand..was all dressed up in a yellow satin dress with a gold fish net over it and an amber diadem in her hair.
1958 N. Levine Canada made Me i. 51 The deep purple baskets of blueberries; the freestone yellow-flesh peaches behind green fishnet.
2002 R. G. Mitchell Dancing at Armageddon iii. 54 This apparition was wearing a ghillie suit,..a handmade hood and cloak of dark fishnet through which uneven earthtone rag strips had been woven and tied.
3. In plural. Fishnet stockings or tights (see Compounds).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > tights > types of
chausses1484
leggings1809
tights1836
maillot1876
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other > stockings
under-stockings1605
under-stock1821
silks1836
moose shanks1887
tabi1895
nylons1940
1932 Daily Mail 14 Nov. 23/2 Have you seen these stockings?.. The very latest thing in ‘fishnets’—a dusky beige silk woven in an open mesh quarter of an inch wide.
1967 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 13 Sept. 18 (advt.) With hemlines soaring to new heights, Casual Hose are ‘switched-on’ as never before! Choose all the very latest including Fishnets, Lace,..Opaques and many more.
2017 E. L. Sánchez I am not your Perfect Mexican Daughter iii. 33 I put on bright red lipstick, my favorite black dress, red fishnets, and black Chuck Taylors.
Compounds
As a modifier, designating an open-meshed fabric or garment, now often in fishnet stockings, fishnet tights.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials
warm?c1225
furredc1325
russet1390
imperial purple1577
furry1691
kidden1714
Shetland1790
pepper-and-salt1792
dreadnought1798
cilice1812
moleskin1836
nainsook1852
lingeriea1865
pepper-salt1882
Milanese1897
ramie1906
pinstripe1935
stranded1935
Day-Glo1949
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with open texture
cellular1888
string1964
1873 Nebraska Advertiser 4 Sept. Upon or over this comes or goes the dress, and over that the fish net shawl, bonnet, combs, etc.
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 57 Fish-net fringe..can be made of écru cord..in ordinary fish-net stitch, in large meshes.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 238/2 Hot Weather Specialities... Men's Fish Net Undershirts..with short sleeves.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise x. 182 My dear! and got up regardless..fish-net stockings and all.
1971 K. Amis Girl, 20 (1973) ii. 67 She was wearing..bicep-height crimson fish-net gloves.
2013 Radio Times 9 Nov. (South/West ed.) 21/2 I have a trapped nerve in my toe, which comes either from squeezing my feet into ballroom shoes, or from the nipping of the fishnet tights that we wear to give our legs shape and tone under our gowns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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a1000 Boeth. Metr. xix. 21 Hwy ge nu ne settan on sume dune fisc net eowru.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 175 Werpinde ut here fishnet in þe se.
1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 20 Goose to get in a fish-net set!
fish-net
fish-net n. used attributively of an open-meshed fabric or garment.
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1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 57 Fish-net fringe..can be made of écru cord..in ordinary fish-net stitch, in large meshes.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 238/2 Hot Weather Specialities... Men's Fish Net Undershirts..with short sleeves.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise x. 182 My dear! and got up regardless..fish-net stockings and all.
fish-net
fish-net n. (in plural) open-meshed stockings or tights.
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1967 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 13 Sept. 18 (advt.) With hemlines soaring to new heights, Casual Hose are ‘switched-on’ as never before! Choose all the very latest including Fishnets, Lace,..Opaques and many more.
2002 E. White Fast Girls x. 189 Madeline and Margaret are denizens of the Goth subculture—fans of Nine Inch Nails, Anne Rice novels, dressing in corsets and fishnets.
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