† trinkern.
Obsolete.
(a) = trink n.1 (b) = trinkerman n. Also in combination † trinker-boat n. Obsolete = trink-boat n. at trink n.1 Compounds.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > fixed net
stall net1246
trink1311
set net1481
trinkerc1485
pitch1523
half-net1538
trink-net1584
stop-net1634
toot-net1805
yair-net1805
stob-net1806
seta1808
stake-net1836
barrier-net1884
boom net1925
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > using trink-net
trink1557
trinker-boat1615
trink-boat1630
c1485 tr. Act 2 Hen. VI, c. 19 (Harl. 4999, lf. 185 b) That the stacioun of nettis and engynes cald Trynkers and al other maner nettis whiche bien..ficched and attached..be al vtterly defended... Purveied alwey that it be lieful to the possessours of the saide Trynkers..to fisshe with hem..in drawyng and conveiyng bi hande as other fisshers don [cf. 14232 at trink n.1 a].
1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. E3 Those pernitious Trinker-men, who with Trinker-boates destroye the Riuer of Thames, by killing the Fry and small Fish there.
Derivatives
ˈtrinking n. the action of fishing with a trink.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with net > using fixed nets
trinking1689
1689 in J. Strype Stow's Survey of London (1720) II. v. xxviii. 383/1 That no Person..use or practice Trincking, Stow-boating, Trawling, or catching of Fish, or Bait, on the Lords Day..upon forfeiture of 20 s.
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