†3.Cinque-Portn. a kind of fishing net (see quots.). Also Cinque-port net. Obsolete.
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1707 Phillips's New World of WordsCinque Port, a sort of Fishing Net, so call'd from the fiue Entrances into it.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word)Cinque-port Net, in fishery, a name given to a sort of square net, resembling a cage, and having five entrances into it.