单词 | gillnet |
释义 | gillnetv. Originally U.S. transitive. To catch (fish) with a gill net. Also intransitive: to fish using a gill net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch fish with net netOE dredge1508 drag1698 tuck1785 gillnet1837 amphibolize1854 gill1868 trawl1883 seine1887 poke1899 1837 Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Jrnl. 30 May The shad have had miserable encouragement for being gill netted in the eastern States. 1894 Forest & Stream 2 June 470/1 If the red-handed pot-hunters had not gill-netted every trout this season I was positive we would secure at least a respectable number. 1955 Pacific Fisherman Yearbk. 141/1 They gillnet for bonito close along the coast. 1974 S. N. Semakula & P. A. Larkin in A. Comfort et al. Aging in Cold Blooded Animals II. 138 Twenty-two specimens below the legal size of 36 inches were gillnetted. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 30 When they gill netted they invariably discovered charr outnumbering trout. 2018 Billings (Montana) Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 1 Mar. Something had to be done to save the Yellowstone cutthroat trout. One solution was to gillnet the lake trout. Derivatives ˈgill netting n. [partly (in sense (a)) after netting n.3; partly (in sense (b)) after netting n.2] (a) the action or practice of fishing with a gill net; (b) the network or meshwork used for gill nets, or for this type of fishing. ΚΠ 1846 Laws Gen. Assembly Maryland c. 148 Preamble The extensive use of gill netting, preventing the passage of fish up to the shoal waters to deposit their spawn. 1870 Boston Daily Advertiser 1 Jan. 1/2 (advt.) 20,000 lbs. gill netting for shad, white fish, and mullet. 1877 Forest & Stream Feb. 411/1 Gill netting is also followed to a great extent, but this does not interfere so much with the passage of the fish. 1905 Virginia Citizen 6 Oct. 1/7 Write us for prices on..Gill Netting, Twines, Ropes, Corks, Leads, etc. 1991 Mid-Atlantic Game & Fish Apr. 21/2 Sportsmen's groups contend lax regulations..and unrestricted gill netting is responsible for the weakfish's declining populations. 2006 Estuaries & Coasts 29 319/2 Monofilament nylon gill netting with a mesh size of 5.72 cm was placed on the bottom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1837 |
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