NOUN | artifact | fishing net, fishnet | a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in |
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Meaning | A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in. | |
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Synonym | fishnet | |
Narrower | drift net | A large fishnet supported by floats |
gill net | A flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills | |
landing net | A bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water | |
seine | A large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom | |
trammel net, trammel | A fishing net with three layers | |
trawl, dragnet, trawl net | A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | |
Broader | net | A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects |
Spanish | red de pesca | |
Catalan | xarxa de pescar, xarxa |
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