1861 Westm. Rev. July 48 The next part fitting on to the kype is about six inches at its narrow opening, across which bars are fixed to prevent the escape of the larger fish; while to this is added the third part or forewheel, which is capable of taking anything from the size of a shrimp.

1947 B. Waters Severn Tide xiv. 150 The foreweel, usually pronounced ‘voreel,’ is sometimes known as the bottle, which it resembles in shape, and is about two feet six inches long with a chale, known as the churr, half way up its middle.

1983 Country Life 3 Mar. 538/3 In the stoppered foreweel of the kype there may also be other denizens of the Severn tide, such as twaite, shrimps, whiting, eels, flounder and sometimes the rare allis shad.

2015 M. Smylie Perilous Catch i. 19 Putts are altogether much bigger and are made up of three integral parts—the kype, butt and forewheel.