shot-net dial.
[shot ppl. a. + net n.]
A mackerel net. Also attrib. † shotnet-fare (see quots.).
| 1320 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1866) I. xxiv. 611 [180 fathoms of] shotnet. 1419 Liber Albus (Rolls) I. 577 Shot⁓net, Shof-net, et Kydels, sount defenduz. 1736 Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.) Shotver-men, the mackarel fishers at Dover. Their nets are called shot-nets. |
| attrib. 1580 in Sussex Archæol. Collect. (1849) II. 43 [The fishermen proceeded to set down their ancient fishing customs under certain heads, called fares,..such as those used in] Tucknett Fare, Shotnett Fare, [etc.]. |