† tug-netn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
? A fishing-net that is drawn or tugged, not fixed; a dragnet. (Cf. also draw-net n.)
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1584 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 232/1 Ad locum et aquam de Spay ubi rete piscationis vulgo tugnettis fisching dicti Rob. solebant piscare.
1603 in Inform. Dk. Gordon v. Earls Murray & Fife 2 The said Marquis's tugnet to be used by him within the bounds used and wont.
1607 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 686/1 Salmonum piscariam et lie tug-net tam rubrorum piscium et lie scaill-fische quam aliorum.
1611 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 170/1.
1760 in Inform. Dk. Gordon v. Earls Murray & Fife 1 A tugnet-fishing in the mouth of the river, or a fishing with a larger kind of net, such as is used for fishing in the sea and mouths of rivers.
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