hinakin.
/ˈhiːnəki/, U.S. /ˈhinəˌki/, New Zealand English /ˈhiːnʌki/, /ˈhiːnəki/ New Zealand.
A wicker eel-pot.
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1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventures N.Z. I. viii. 252 They place eel-pots, called hinaki,..at the lower extremity of funnels formed by series of upright poles driven into the bed of the river.
1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 256 My father and his younger brother went to lift a ‘hinaki’ (eel basket) into the canoe.
1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira x. 86 The huge hinaki or wicker-work pot, where eels required for immediate consumption were placed.
1952 Landfall 6 288 It was a well-kept looking net..and with fine meshes. It made me feel shy about my old hinaki.
1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 441/1 Traps for eels and lampreys, termed hinaki, were made from the slim stems of the mangemange.
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