| 单词 | paternoster line |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaternoster line paternoster line n. see sense 5a. paternoster line a. Angling. In full paternoster line. A fishing line with a weight at the end, to which hooks are attached at intervals. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > paternoster paternoster1676 1676 I. Walton Compleat Angler (ed. 5) i. xv. 215 Bleak..may be caught with a Pater-noster line, that is, six or eight very small hooks tied along the line one half a foot above the other. 1718 G. Jacob Compl. Sportsman 148 The Bleak..may be taken..with a Line called a Paternoster Line, (viz.) a Line having six or eight small Hooks. 1839 T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. i. 6 The paternoster is a line used for perch-fishing. 1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 427/1 Fishing with an ordinary two-hook paternoster will catch many more fish. 1931 Hardy's Anglers' Guide 370 A direct pull boom, which can be instantly attached to or detached from the paternoster, without cutting the gut or removing hooks, lead, etc. 1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 65/4 Our end tackles did vary somewhat... Mine was a two boomed stainless paternoster. < as lemmas |
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