bow net

English

Noun

bow net (plural bow nets)

  1. A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
  2. A net for catching birds.
    • 1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports
      HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced

References

bow net in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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