| 单词 | ring-net boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-net boat b. A form of long seine net which is supported at the ends by separate boats, one of which moves in a circular path towards the other in order to trap the fish within the net, esp. as formerly used in the Scottish fishing grounds to catch herring. Also attributive, as ring-net boat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net seinec950 seine-net1603 sweep-net1605 shackle-head1762 sweeping-net1809 hang-net1812 stop-seine1825 purse seine1838 ring net1851 scringe1851 trawl-net1855 sweep-seine1856 ground-seine1874 purse seine net1879 shore seine1884 trek-net1913 1851 Act 14 & 15 Victoria c. 26 §6 It shall not be lawful for any Person to use for the Purpose of taking Herrings..any Sweep, Circle, Ring Net, or Scringe Net, or any Net prohibited by the said..Acts. 1934 Times 8 Jan. 15/5 These were ring-net boats, and soon they had shot their nets and were dragging the bay for herring. 1949 N. Mitchison & D. Macintosh Men & Herring 21 A ring net is about a hundred fathoms long and twenty fathoms deep and mostly set so that the back rope with the corks is almost on the top of the water. 1950 P. F. Anson Sc. Fisherfolk vii. 80 Ring-nets have always been the favourite gear employed on the Firth of Clyde and Loch Fyne. 1978 M. Gray Fishing Industries Scotl. 1790–1914 vi. 122 With fish from ring-net boats the transports could be in Glasgow by early in the day although the supply from the drift-net boats, slower to unload, would not arrive till later in the day. 2001 D. Thomson in J. R. McGoodwin Understanding Cultures of Fishing Communities 268 The ring net might still be used today had not the authorities permitted the use of large purse nets and powerful midwater trawls in coastal waters. < as lemmas |
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