Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A winged kind of stake-net, used in the St. Lawrence salmon-fishery.
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Examples
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Our traps served as does a wing-net catching on the sides and swinging everything into the center.
Black Beaver The Trapper George Edward Lewis
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Bewailing the absence of his wing-net, or "moorgaroo," the boy hunted the elusive fish hither and thither with cunning determination.
Tropic Days 1887
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