| 单词 | gate-net |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgate-net gate-net n. a net hung loosely across a gateway, for the purpose of catching hares driven at night; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > net > net for rabbits or hares purse net1388 hay1389 hay-netc1440 gate-net1605 flan1801 field net1814 purse1893 1605–6 Act 3 James I c. 13 §4 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 1089 Such Guns Bowes Crosbowes Buckstalles or Engine, Hayes Gatenets Pursnets Ferrets and Conny Dogges. 1892 Athenæum 4 June 723/2 He was..engaged in night poaching for hares with lurchers and gate-nets. 1892 Autobiog. Eng. Gamekeeper (J. Wilkins) 239 They poked their gate net stick into the ditch, and I felt it scrape over my legs. < as lemmas |
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