Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A standing net placed within watermark to prevent the fishes from returning with the tide.
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Examples
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As we looked, we saw an old man emerging from a path that winded to the shore through a grove of doddered hazel; he carried a halve-net on his back, while behind him came a girl, bearing a small harpoon with which the fishers are remarkably dexterous in striking their prey.
Stories of Mystery Various 1885
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Even as the old mariner addressed himself to the wrecked ships, a young man appeared at the southern extremity of the bay, holding his halve-net in his hand, and hastening into the current.
Stories of Mystery Various 1885
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"So it fell on a time that Laird Macharg took his halve-net on his back, and his steel spear in his hand, and down to Blawhooly Bay gaed he, and into the water he went right between the two haunted hulks, and placing his net awaited the coming of the tide.
Stories of Mystery Various 1885
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