tuck-netn.
A smaller net used within the great seine to gather and bring the fish to the surface.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net > small net inside
tuck-net1520
tuck1602
tuck-seine1825
spiller1884
1520 Lett. & Papers Hen. VIII XIX. 196 (P.R.O.) Vnum rethe vocatum a Tucknett..de precio .xxvj. s. viij. d.
1580 in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1849) 2 43 [The fishermen proceeded to set down their ancient fishing customs under certain heads, called fares,..such as those used in] Tucknett Fare, Shotnett Fare, [etc.].
1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 52 The seine is then moored, and..a smaller boat..passes within the circle of floating corks and lets down a small net, called a tuck-net.
1849 Sussex Archaeol. Coll. 2 43 The boats used in Tucknett fare were called tuckners,..they were ‘used between Februarye and Aprill to goe to sea uppon the coaste for playce’, of the burden of three ton or thereabouts.
Derivatives
ˈtuckner n. the small boat which carries the tuck-net.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > seine-netter > boat carrying tuck-net
tuck-boat1855
tuckner1907
1907 Victoria Hist. Sussex II. 265/2 ‘Tucknett fare’ lasted from February to April, small boats called ‘tuckners’ of about 3 tons plying during that season for plaice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1520