| 单词 | saturday slap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSaturday('s) slap b. An opening or passage left in a salmon-cruive from Saturday evening to Monday morning, in order to allow the fish to pass; the period during which this is left open; the weekly close time for salmon. Frequently in Saturday('s) slap. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [noun] > season > close-time for salmon slap1424 kipper-time1706 1424 Scott. Acts (1814) II. 5 Þai þat has crufis in fresche watteris þat þai ger keip þe lawis anentis þe setterday slop, and suffer þaim nocht to stande in forbodyne tyme. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione S ij The Setter-dayis slop, is ane space of time, within the quhilk it is nocht leasum to take Salmonde fish. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 246 And albeit some are permitted to lays nets, and to make weares, yet must he keep the Saturdaies slop, that is, to lift the same from Saturday in the afternoone vntill Monday. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Notes Travel 161 On Sunday afternoon, when the ‘Slaps’ are open. 1872 H. Maxwell in Francis Bk. Angling (ed. 3) x. 342 The Luce is terribly netted; the fish slaps are sometimes built up. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 7 Aug. 2/1 ‘I should like to have your opinion on the weekly close time.’ ‘The “Saturday slap”, I suppose you mean.’ < as lemmas |
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