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Definition of Pound net
1. Noun. Trap consisting of an arrangement of nets directing fish into an enclosure.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pound Net
Literary usage of Pound net
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"A pound-net in the more restricted sense of the term is constructed entirely of
cordage netting, supported and held in place by stakes, and consists of ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Any form of enclosure employed in the capture of fish may be called a trap, and
trap-net is frequently used as an equivalent of pound- net. ..."
3. Session Laws of the State of Washington by Washington (State) (1905)
"In addition to the foregoing license charges there shall also be paid by the
owner of each trap, pound net or fish wheel operated in the waters of the State ..."
4. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1872)
"Even the pound- net fishing is nearly exhausted in Lakes Ontario, Huron, Erie,
and Michigan, and in Lake Superior alone is this method extensively and ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"This net may be supplied with wings, like the ordinary pound-net or weir, leading
the fish into the funnel-opening. ..."
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