paranzella

plural paranzellas

1. fishingA deep, finely meshed conical net with long narrow wings, held open by cork floats and lead sinkers.

   All the gill nets, trammel nets, paranzellas, net ropes, trawl lines, etc., are tanned.

   1892, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, Report, page 132

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   Any net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net used for taking or catching fish, which shall be used or maintained in any of the waters of this state in violation of any existing or hereafter enacted statutes or laws of this state for the protection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it is the duty of every peace officer to seize and keep the same and report such seizure to the board of fish commissioners of the state.

   1901, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy, The Codes and Statutes of California