单词 | draw-net |
释义 | draw-netn. Now chiefly historical and rare. A type of large net which is pulled through water to catch fish, or pulled along the ground to catch animals or birds; = dragnet n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > drag-net dray-netc1000 pullc1303 draw-net1386 dredge1471 drag1481 dragneta1542 train1576 tug-net1584 trainel1585 draught-net1630 trawl-net1697 trail1711 trawl1759 trail-net1820 pole trawl1836 train net1864 otter trawlc1870 turn-net1883 pair trawl1967 1386 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1932) III. 117 [No fisherman ought to draw any net called a] draghenet [to land during this season between the Tower and London Bridge]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Matt. xiii. 47 Againe the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a drawe net cast into the sea, that gathereth of all kindes of things. 1630 in Lex Londinensis (1680) 201 Any Draw-net or Coulter-net. a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) v. iii. 114 Bee hee a Cristian or beeleeve in Mamwet I such a one this night tooke in my draw net. 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica vii. f. 192 The Church Militant is a mixed multitud of good and bad, as a draw-net. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) If you would have a Draw-Net with square Meshes. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland II. 522 The river produces..excellent salmon (which are taken in draw-nets). 1890 Nature Notes Jan. 26 By the capture en masse, the taking of enormous quantities of birds by means of nets, draw nets, trammel nets,..and bird lime is meant. 1999 Africa News (Nexis) 7 Dec. He cited the use of fishing traps, lamps and drawnets as methods that caught the smallest fish in the lake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1386 |
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