fishtrap

In Thailand its straight-stemmed character makes it a popular underground pile for construction work as well as for fishtrap stakes.

Chapter 6 1990

Then, skirting the river, he proceeded westward, when there appeared another man, who had made a fishtrap and was catching fish.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

At the World's Fair it appeared that the fishing business had made progress greater than many others which were much more obtrusively displayed, though the fishtrap, the fyke net, and the fishing steamer had all been introduced within a generation.

History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

I have compared this bag, because of its shape, with a fishtrap.

More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

"There is a ton of stuff to do right now, plus there are a few sockeye still being caught up at Baker Lake, although they stopped the trucking of fish from the fishtrap to the lake."

The Seattle Times 2011

- that in my day was the "loom house," - the negro cabins, the orchards, are gone; but the creek and swimming hole are there, and the old fishtrap site, and the eddies where I could always pull out a "war-mouth" perch any afternoon.

War stories and school-day incidents for the children, Berrien McPherson 1912