gill net
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Noun (1)
- a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gillsType of fishnet, fishing net
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Gill net
a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
From the entry Gill.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54