- trammel net
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a three-layered fishing net, the middle layer of which is fine-meshed, the others coarse-meshed, so that fish attempting to pass through the net will become entangled in one or more of the meshes.[1510-20]
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trammel net
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trammel net — noun a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh • Syn: ↑trammel • Hypernyms: ↑fishnet, ↑fishing net * * * noun : a rectangular net made of a middle layer that is slack and of fine mesh… … Useful english dictionary
trammel net — a net made up of a fine meshed net between two large meshed nets extended between two ropes and set up in a tidal current or river, the fish being trapped by becoming wrapped in the fine meshed net that forms bags around the fish … Dictionary of ichthyology
trammel net — /ˈtræməl nɛt/ (say tramuhl net) noun a three layered net, the middle layer of which is fine meshed, the others coarse meshed, so that fish attempting to pass through the net will become entangled in one or more of the meshes …
trammel-net — … Useful english dictionary
combined gill net/trammel net — gear set on the bottom made of a gill net, the lower part of which is replaced by a trammel net. Bottom fish are caught in the trammel net while semi demersal or pelagic fish are caught in the gill net … Dictionary of ichthyology
trammel — [tram′əl] n. [ME tramaile < MFr tramail, a net < ML tremaculum, kind of fishing net < L tres, THREE + macula, a mesh] 1. a) a fishing net consisting of two outer layers of coarse mesh and a loosely hung middle layer of fine mesh b) a… … English World dictionary
trammel — ► NOUN 1) (trammels) literary restrictions or impediments to freedom of action. 2) (also trammel net) a three layered net, designed so that a pocket forms when fish attempt to swim through, thus trapping them. ► VERB (trammelled, trammelling; US… … English terms dictionary
net — net1 nettable, adj. netlike, adj. /net/, n., v., netted, netting. n. 1. a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net. 2. a piece of meshed… … Universalium
NET — National Educational Television. * * * ▪ mesh an open fabric of thread, cord, or wire, the intersections of which are looped or knotted so as to form a mesh. Nets are primarily used for fishing. The early stages in the manufacture and … Universalium
trammel — trammeler; esp. Brit., trammeller, n. /tram euhl/, n., v., trammeled, trammeling or (esp. Brit.) trammelled, trammelling. n. 1. Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom. 2. an instrument for… … Universalium
