push net

noun

A fishing net designed to be pushed through shallow waters to catch shrimps and small fish.

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Meanings

nounpush net (plural push nets)

plural push nets

  1. A fishing net designed to be pushed through shallow waters to catch shrimps and small fish.

    To the cocklers, winklers, and push-net shrimpers, whose premises are the kitchen or a beach store, the necessary alterations will often be out of the question.

    1956, World Fishing, volume 5, page 41
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