| 单词 | limerick hook |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLimerick hook 2. Angling. As a modifier. Designating a type of hook used in fly fishing, having a bend that follows an almost exponential curve from its beginning behind the barb to the point at which it continues as the straight shank. Also: designating this particular bend or pattern of fish hook. Frequently in Limerick hook. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook pin-hook1755 Kirby1804 Limerick1810 sneck-bend1816 Limerick1835 sniggle1837 Aberdeen1845 Aberdeen hook1846 sockdolager1848 Sproat bend1867 squid-jigger1875 Sproat1876 squid jig1883 snag-hook1936 1810 T. Mortimer Gen. Dict. Commerce, Trade, & Manuf. at Europe Limerick or Irish hooks, are small and thin with a peculiar curve; they are dearer than the common ones... In the English manufactories, the same sort of hooks are made, and called Limerick hooks. 1828 H. Davy Salmonia 141 I have even made a hook, which..I think, I could boast as equal to the Limerick hooks. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 235/1 The round-bend hook is that which is most used in England, the Limerick pattern being chiefly in vogue in Ireland. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling 410 Hooks are of various forms... We have the Limerick bend, the Carlisle or round bend, [etc.]. 1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 2/2 He..picked out his lure without hesitation—a Number 5, Limerick-bend, double-hooked ‘Blue Charm’. 2019 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 54 Each rig comprises three quality limerick hooks, reflective holographic lure foils, red thread and green beads. < as lemmas |
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