ˈnetmaker
[f. net n.1]
A maker of nets.
| 1380 in Rogers Oxford City Docum. (1891) 10 De Marrabilla Terre Netmaker xij d. 1411 Close Roll 12 Hen. IV (dorso), John Mannyng, netmaker. 1483 Cath. Angl. 253/2 A Nette maker, cassiarius. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 11 Nette makers, and harlote takers. 1595–6 Observ. Fishdaies 1 Ropemakers, Net-makers, Saile-makers. 1654 Whitlock Zootomia 416 To be a Net-maker (in Chrysostomes sense) is better than to be a Throne-maker. 1771 Smeaton in Phil. Trans. LXI. 204 That particular kind called by net makers flaxen three threads laid. 1884 Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 633/2 Netmaker's Knife. |