shot-netn.
dialect.attributive.1580 in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1849) 2 43 [The fishermen proceeded to set down their ancient fishing customs under certain heads, called fares,..such as those used in] Tucknett Fare, Shotnett Fare, [etc.].
A mackerel net. Also attributive† shotnet-fare n. Obsolete (see quots.).
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shot-net1320
mackerel net1584
kettle-net1881
1320 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) I. xxiv. 611 [180 fathoms of] shotnet.
1419 Liber Albus (Rolls) I. 577 Shot~net, Shof-net, et Kydels, sount defenduz.
c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Shotver-men, the mackarel fishers at Dover. Their nets are called shot-nets.
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