bow net

noun

A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.

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Meanings

nounbow net (plural bow nets)

plural bow nets

  1. A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
  2. A net for catching birds.

    HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced

    1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports
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