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deeping|ˈdiːpɪŋ| [f. deep v. + -ing1.] Each of the sections (a fathom deep) of which a fishing-net is composed.
1615E. S. Britain's Buss in Arb. Garner III. 629 Each net must be in depth seven deepings. Each deeping must be a fathom, that is two yards, deep. 1879E. Robertson in Encycl. Brit. IX. 251/2 They [twine drift-nets] are..netted by hand, and are made in narrower pieces called deepings, which are laced together one below the other to make up the required depth. |