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bow net

[ boh ]

noun

  1. a clam-shaped net for trapping hawks, set open and baited with a pigeon, and closed upon the hawk by means of a trigger sprung from a blind.


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Example Sentences

There was a paddle still in it, and a bow net set on hoops, such as we were wont to use for eels and tench.

The trunk or bow net is extremely useful for catching fish in comparatively narrow streams.

I found a bow net set among the weeds, and there were three large tench in it.

A large bow-net used on the American coasts for taking the shad; hence called shad-fykes.

An osier bow-net and two or three old fishing-boats might be seen there.

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