hose-netn.
/ˈhəʊznɛt/, U.S. /ˈhoʊzˌnɛt/, Scottish English /ˈhoznɛt/ Chiefly Scottish.
A small net resembling a stocking, affixed to a pole (Jamieson); figurative a position from which it is difficult to escape.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]
neteOE
angleOE
grinc1000
trapc1175
caltropa1300
lacec1330
girnc1375
espyc1380
webc1400
hook1430
settingc1430
lure1463
stall?a1500
stalea1529
toil1548
intrap1550
hose-net1554
gudgeon1577
mousetrap1577
trapfall1596
ensnarementa1617
decoy1655
cobweba1657
trepan1665
snap1844
deadfall1860
Judas1907
tanglefoot1908
catch-221963
trip-wire1971
the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > net > other nets
stalker1389
pocketc1425
hoop-net1481
hose-net1554
gap-net1727
bag-net1777
hoop1882
skim-neta1884
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4762 in Wks. (1931) I They..with their hois net dayly drawis to Rome, The maist fine gold, that is in Christindome.
?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament iii. sig. M4 v Sa..zee haue drawne zour selfes in a Hose-net, & crucified zour Messe.
1766 Debates & Proc. House of Commons I. 32 If the French had not..caught our Army in a Hose-net, from which it could not have escaped.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xiii. 316 I had him in a hose-net.
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