madrague

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n. fishing A large fish pound used for the capture of tuna in the Mediterranean, now a forbidden practice in places.

n. A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

“Again we may read of the periodic migration of the tunnies, of the great net or 'madrague' in which they are captured, and of the watchmen, the θυννοσκοποι {thynnoskopoi}, the 'hooers' of our ancient”

The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield

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