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a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.[1840-50]
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drift-net — «DRIHFT NEHT», intransitive verb, net|ted, net|ting. to fish with a drift net: »Danish and Faroese fishermen drift netting off western Greenland... (London Times). –drift´ net´ter, noun. drift net … Useful english dictionary
Drift net — Drift Drift, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. Kane. [1913 Webster] {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drift net — ► NOUN ▪ a large fishing net kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift in the sea … English terms dictionary
drift net — drift ,net noun count a very large net for catching fish that hangs upright in the sea … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drift net — drift′ net n. bus a fishing net, usu. many miles in length, supported by floats that allow it to be carried with the current • Etymology: 1845–50 … From formal English to slang
drift net — noun a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current • Hypernyms: ↑fishnet, ↑fishing net * * * noun : a large net that is arranged to drift with the tide or current and that is either buoyed up by floats or attached to a drift… … Useful english dictionary
drift net — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms drift net : singular drift net plural drift nets a very large net for catching fish that hangs upright in the sea … English dictionary
drift net — noun Drift net is used before these nouns: ↑fishing … Collocations dictionary
drift´-net´ter — drift net «DRIHFT NEHT», intransitive verb, net|ted, net|ting. to fish with a drift net: »Danish and Faroese fishermen drift netting off western Greenland... (London Times). –drift´ net´ter, noun. drift net … Useful english dictionary
drift net — an unanchored gill net floating free with water currents or attached to a boat. Lost drift nets continue to catch and kill fish and marine mammals (called walls of death ) and large ones (50 km large scale pelagic driftnets) have been curtailed… … Dictionary of ichthyology
drift net — noun a large fishing net, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift in the sea. Derivatives drift netter noun drift netting noun … English new terms dictionary
