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ˈpot-net [f. pot n.1 + net n.1] †1. A net in which to boil vegetables in a pot with meat; a cabbage-net. Obs.
1562in H. Hall Soc. Eliz. Age (1886) App. 158 A brass pot and a potnet. 1599Acc. Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 243 A potte nette. 2. ? A fishing-net having the form of a pot. (Cf. pock-net s.v. poke n.1 7.) ? Obs.
1584in Descr. Thames (1758) 63 Purse Nets, Casting Nets,..Pot Nets, Barrock Nets at Crooks, Heaving Nets. 1806Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 224 A kind of pot-net, fastened to a long pole,..is used here. |