otter-boardn.
/ˈɒtəbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈɑdərˌbɔrd/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > other hide-working equipment
beaming-knife1530
scutching knife1688
bark-mill1749
otter-board1771
barkometer1821
belt knife1831
hide-worker1885
down-puller1971
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering dimensions > [noun] > stretcher > types of
otter-board1771
wire-stretcher1875
wire-strainer1882
1771 G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) I. 23 In the afternoon the sawyers were picking oakum, and the furriers making otterboards.
2. Either of the two boards or metal plates attached to the ends of a trawl net to keep it open; = door n. 4b.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other parts of net
foot rope1750
stretcher1823
bridle1828
foot line1845
otter-boardc1870
c1870 J. N. Hearder Guide Sea Fishing & Rivers S. Devon (ed. 5) 35 Otter trawl, improved construction, with otter boards.
1904 Daily Chron. 21 Nov. 5/7 He lost his otter-board and had to put a new trawl on next morning.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep xiii. 247 Look at the trawl. It's absurd. It has no otter-boards... There's something wrong with this ship.
1997 D. Hansen Sole Survivor xvi. 190 Almost immediately Shimojo felt the boat shudder, seem to pull up, then surge forward as the otter boards..turned side-on before straightening.
3. Angling. A piece of fishing tackle consisting of a board with several baited hooks attached. Cf. otter n.1 5a. rare.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun] > kind of
prick-tackle1463
ledger-tackle1653
fly-tackle1834
otter1834
bait-tackle1835
paternoster tackle1852
spinning-tackle1856
otter-line1862
traveller1864
skate1882
sea-ledger1887
otter1898
otter-board1901
ripper1925
salmon tackle-
1901 Field 5 Jan. 19/2 The otter-board was only employed..upon those lakes where the trout were indifferent to the angler's flies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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