dragnetn.

Etymology: Compare Swedish dragg-not.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdragnet.

a. A net which is dragged over the bottom of a river or piece of water in order to enclose all the fish, etc.; also a net used to sweep the ground game off a field.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > drag-net

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dredge1471

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dragneta1542

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c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wright 15/13 Tragum, dræg-net, vel dræge.

c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wright 48/27 Verriculum, dræg-net.]

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 94 Ye set not a dragg net for an hare.

1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 11 Shall the Fisher cast away a good draught because his drag-net hath weedes?

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 246 It is also prouided..that no drag-net be set before March, nor vpon deeper water than foureteene fathome.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 285 It has the whole draft of fishes in its drag-net .

1814 Sporting Mag. 44 61 Preventing partridges being taken at night by drag-nets.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 2 Whatsoever time..hath drawne down from of old..in her huge dragnet..those are the Fathers.

1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria Pref. sig. ¶¶ The dragge-net of no diligence can be..so advantagiously cast, as to catch and hold all particulars uttered in a long speech.

1882 J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters (Cassell) 43 This act was popularly termed ‘The Bishops' Drag-net’.

1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Jan. 6/5 The Police Drag-Net.—Quite a grist has been gathered to the police mill for the magistrate's sitting this morning.

1928 B. Hecht & C. MacArthur Front Page ii. 73 They're throwing a drag~net around the whole North Side.

1958 Oxf. Mail 1 Aug. 1/9 Police spread a ‘dragnet’ across the Jezreel Valley in a bid to recapture those who had got away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dragnet
释义	dragnetn. Etymology: Compare Swedish dragg-not.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdragnet. a. A net which is dragged over the bottom of a river or piece of water in order to enclose all the fish, etc.; also a net used to sweep the ground game off a field. 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 c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wright 15/13 Tragum, dræg-net, vel dræge. c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wright 48/27 Verriculum, dræg-net.] a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 94 Ye set not a dragg net for an hare. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 11 Shall the Fisher cast away a good draught because his drag-net hath weedes? 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 246 It is also prouided..that no drag-net be set before March, nor vpon deeper water than foureteene fathome. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 285 It has the whole draft of fishes in its drag-net . View more context for this quotation 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 61 Preventing partridges being taken at night by drag-nets. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 2 Whatsoever time..hath drawne down from of old..in her huge dragnet..those are the Fathers. 1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria Pref. sig. ¶¶ The dragge-net of no diligence can be..so advantagiously cast, as to catch and hold all particulars uttered in a long speech. 1882 J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters (Cassell) 43 This act was popularly termed ‘The Bishops' Drag-net’. 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Jan. 6/5 The Police Drag-Net.—Quite a grist has been gathered to the police mill for the magistrate's sitting this morning. 1928 B. Hecht & C. MacArthur Front Page ii. 73 They're throwing a drag~net around the whole North Side. 1958 Oxf. Mail 1 Aug. 1/9 Police spread a ‘dragnet’ across the Jezreel Valley in a bid to recapture those who had got away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1542
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