单词 | toot-net |
释义 | toot-netn. Scottish regional. ‘A large fishing net anchored’ (Jamieson), which is watched in order to be drawn in when the fish enter it. More fully toot and haul net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > fixed net stall net1246 trink1311 set net1481 trinkerc1485 pitch1523 half-net1538 trink-net1584 stop-net1634 toot-net1805 yair-net1805 stob-net1806 seta1808 stake-net1836 barrier-net1884 boom net1925 1805 Case House Lords, Gray of Carse in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1808) (at cited word) The fishing-tackle..sometimes consisted of a common moveable net or siene; sometimes of a toot-net, much larger and stronger than the former, extending to an indefinite length from the beach into the water, and secured at its extremity by an anchor. 1840 Leighton Hist. Fife II. 82 The mode of fishing is now confined..to what is called the toot-net. 1898 Glasgow Herald 19 May 4 To fish in..the river and estuary of the Tay for salmon kind with toot and haul nets. 1900 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 410 The First Division..declared fishing with the nets of the description of toot and haul..an illegal method. Derivatives ˈtootman n. (also ˈtootsman) one who watches a toot-net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using fixed net trinkerman1538 tinkerman1584 trink1630 trink-man1689 tootman1808 tinklerman1840 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Toot-net A man stands in a coble, or small fishing-boat; and, when he sees the fish enter the net, calls the fishers to haul it. He is designed the Tootsman. 1840 Leighton Hist. Fife II. 82 The toot-man is seated to watch the net. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805 |
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