drift net

drift net
noun
a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current
• Hypernyms: ↑fishnet, ↑fishing net

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noun
: a large net that is arranged to drift with the tide or current and that is either buoyed up by floats or attached to a drift boat

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a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.
[1840-50]

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drift net noun
A net that is allowed to drift with the tide
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Main Entry: ↑drift

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drift net UK US noun [countable] [singular drift net plural drift nets]
a very large net for catching fish that hangs upright in the sea
Thesaurus: hunting, shooting and fishing equipmenthyponym

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drift-net «DRIHFT NEHT», intransitive verb, -net|ted, -net|ting.
to fish with a drift net: »

Danish and Faroese fishermen drift-netting off western Greenland... (London Times).

–drift´-net´ter, noun.
drift net,
1. a large fishing net that is set out in a long line, usually supported at the top edge by floats or buoys, used especially for herring fishing.
2. = ghost net. (Cf. ↑ghost net)

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(also driftnet) n. a large net for herring and similar fish, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift with the tide
Derivatives:
drift netter n. drift netting n.

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noun, pl ⋯ nets [count]
: a large fishing net that floats in the water or is pulled behind a boat

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ˈdrift net [drift net] noun
a very large net used by fishing boats. The net has weights at the bottom and ↑floats at the top and is allowed to hang in the sea.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • drift-net — «DRIHFT NEHT», intransitive verb, net|ted, net|ting. to fish with a drift net: »Danish and Faroese fishermen drift netting off western Greenland... (London Times). –drift´ net´ter, noun. drift net …   Useful english dictionary

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  • drift net — drift ,net noun count a very large net for catching fish that hangs upright in the sea …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drift net — drift′ net n. bus a fishing net, usu. many miles in length, supported by floats that allow it to be carried with the current • Etymology: 1845–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • drift net — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms drift net : singular drift net plural drift nets a very large net for catching fish that hangs upright in the sea …   English dictionary

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  • drift´-net´ter — drift net «DRIHFT NEHT», intransitive verb, net|ted, net|ting. to fish with a drift net: »Danish and Faroese fishermen drift netting off western Greenland... (London Times). –drift´ net´ter, noun. drift net …   Useful english dictionary

  • drift net — an unanchored gill net floating free with water currents or attached to a boat. Lost drift nets continue to catch and kill fish and marine mammals (called walls of death ) and large ones (50 km large scale pelagic driftnets) have been curtailed… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • drift net — noun a large fishing net, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift in the sea. Derivatives drift netter noun drift netting noun …   English new terms dictionary

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