单词 | purse boat |
释义 | > as lemmaspurse boat purse boat n. chiefly U.S. a boat used for fishing with a purse seine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > using purse-net purse boat1871 purser1961 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Sept. 271/1 When the hundred and forty fathoms or so have been cast into the water, they run alongside, and all hands are in the ‘purse-boat in a twinkling’. 1911 Oysterman & Fisherman Sept. 25/2 Conant Brothers Company, Incorporated make a specialty of the construction of Purse boats, used so widely in purse net fishing along the coast. 2003 Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) (Nexis) 9 Apr. f1 Two 40-foot purse boats, launched from a mother ship, are used to set nets 1,800 feet long and 60 feet deep. < as lemmas |
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