| 单词 | long-netting |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong-netting long-netting n. the action or process of catching game or fish with a long net, esp. illegally. ΚΠ 1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Shot-gun & Sporting Rifle vi. iv. 422 Long netting both for hares and partridges is the most difficult to circumvent. 1868 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 28 July 7/2 A quantity of ‘bush’ which had been placed on the ground to prevent long netting. 1890 Lancaster Gaz. 19 Apr. It was decided to take steps to prevent long-netting for trout in the Rathay and Lune. 1910 O. Jones & M. Woodward Gamekeeper's Note-bk. 220 Long-netting may be made difficult by turning cattle at night into the grass fields bordering the woods. 2010 J. Lister-Kaye At Water's Edge vii. 121 Young men went ferreting and long-netting for rabbits in the summer evenings. < as lemmas |
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