Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, process, or industry of fishing with nets, whether movable or fixed. Net-fishing is regulated, and in some instances prohibited, by legislation.
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Examples
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It was agreed among the fishermen that I should go net-fishing in the boat owned by Captain Ole.
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But the boys thought only of the fun of dabbling in the torrents as they went home; or the delights of net-fishing in the swollen and muddy rivers, when the fish no longer see their way, but go wandering about in perplexity, just as we human mortals do in a thick fog, whether of the atmosphere or of circumstance.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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The whale, the shark, and the tunny fishery have somewhat of noble and perilous in them; even net-fishing, trawling, etc., are more humane and useful.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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All along the river in the Chilliwack area were large-scale shoreline net-fishing operations, many with piles of dead fish rotting in the sun on the beaches, hundreds of dead fish drifting in the shallows, in some cases hundreds of yards downstream from the netting location.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011
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All along the river in the Chilliwack area were large-scale shoreline net-fishing operations, many with piles of dead fish rotting in the sun on the beaches, hundreds of dead fish drifting in the shallows, in some cases hundreds of yards downstream from the netting location.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011
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