bow net
English
Noun
bow net (plural bow nets)
- A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
- A net for catching birds.
- 1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports
- HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced
- 1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports
References
bow net in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913