Definition of Drift net

1. Noun. A large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current.

Generic synonyms: Fishing Net, Fishnet

Definition of Drift net

1. Noun. (fishing) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drift Net

driers
dries
dries out
dries up
driest
drieth
drift
drift apart
drift away
drift cyclotron loss cone instabilities
drift feeder
drift ice
drift line
drift motion
drift movements
drift net (current term)
drift off
drift pumping
drift space
drift spaces
drift surface
drift velocity
drift wave
driftage
driftages
driftbolt
driftbolts
drifted
drifter
drifters

Literary usage of Drift net

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1823)
"That if any perso -. or persons shall be found making use of a gilling-seine or drift-net, in the river Delaware, within the jurisdiction of this state, ..."

2. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"If it is a misprint, and should be drift- net instead of drag-net, ... The drift-net is very near the surface of the water, and the whole object of this ..."

3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature. by William Clowes and Sons (1884)
"DRIFT-NET FISHING. This method of fishing, although not the oldest recorded ... The importance of drift-net fishing is shown by the fact that it is the only ..."

4. A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading, and Evidence by John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1853)
"That if any person or persons shall bo found making use of a gilling-seme or drift-net in the river Delaware, within the jurisdiction of this state, ..."

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