landing-netn.
/ˈlandɪŋnɛt/, U.S. /ˈlændɪŋˌnɛt/ a. A net for landing large fish.
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1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 60 Reach me that Landing net . View more context for this quotation
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 15 A landing net, to land large fish with, and which are made with joints to fold up in a small compass.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxvi. 100 Fishing-rods, and landing-nets.
1885 Athenæum 1 Aug. 136/3 Mr. Webster does not appear to use any landing-net, which increases the difficulty of capturing fish.
b. transferred. ‘A pair of forceps with a small net attached to the blade, devised by A. Buchanan, for the removal of the calculus from the bladder in lithotomy’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888).
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