单词 | day net |
释义 | day netn. Now rare. A net (esp. a clap net) used by day for catching larks and other small birds.For a full description of a system for catching birds that requires use of the day net, see R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation (1686) xx. 145. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > net plover net1404 tunnelc1440 setter1526 trammel1530 bird net1533 day net1576 road net1581 sparrow-net1621 shaw-net1648 trammel-net1648 spreadnet1661 pocket-hay1704 bramble-net1706 clap-net1708 tunnel-net1721 funnel-net1774 bow-net1875 flight net1889 house trap1903 pouting-net1905 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 137 The Larketaker in his day net hath a glasse whereon while the birdes sit and gaze they are taken in the net. 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight ii. sig. E Madam I would not haue you with the barke Play your selfe into day net. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 27 Some he catches with light (as Larks with day-nets). 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation xx. 145 (heading) Of the Day-Net, for taking of Birds. 1754 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Singing Birds xiii. 109 The best time for catching them is about Michelmas, with trap-cage, and day-nets. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 330 These nets are known in most parts of England by the name of day-nets or clap-nets. 1839 Sporting Mag. Feb. 121 Bird-catching was a favourite recreation with all classes of the ancient Egyptians, and they used nets for the purpose, precisely resembling our day-nets. 1909 Pop. Mech. Aug. 168/2 In using the day net..they [sc. experts] say it is necessary to keep feeding the birds and leaving the nets alone until the sparrow begins to regard the vicinity of the trap as a free lunch establishment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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