bow-net
(ˈbəʊnɛt)
[f. bow n.1 + net: possibly the original form of the thing explained the name.]
1. A kind of trap used for lobsters, crayfish, etc., consisting now of a cylinder of wicker-work closed at one end and having a narrow, funnel-shaped entrance at the other; also called, a bow-weel.
| a 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.–Wülcker 167 Nassa boᵹenet, uel leap. Ibid. 181 Nassa, æwul, uel boᵹanet. 1552 Huloet, Bowe nette or weele, nassa. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 37 They take them in bow-nets..whereinto they enter for the food, but being entrapped cannot go forth again. 1639 Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. xxxviii. §427 A Fisherman fisheth with a bownet or weel, in a river. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xix. 145 Bow-nets set in the runs..for tench and eels. |
2. A kind of net attached to a bow or arch of wood or metal, used by fowlers.
| 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports i. iv. i. §4. 293 [Hawks] must be captured either by the bow-net or the hand-net. |