ˈcleaching-net
Also cleeching-.
[f. prec. vb. + net.]
(See quot.)
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Cleaching-net, a hand-net, with a semi-circular hoop and transverse bar, used by fishermen on the banks of the Severn. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 125 Cleeching net..used chiefly in floods to take fish that have found their way into any ditch or backwater. |