Lexicographical Neighbors of Clapnets
Literary usage of Clapnets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1887)
"They were, no doubt, caught in clapnets by the country folk on the commons.
They are occasionally much above the average. In 1594 the purveyors for the Star ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"The dragnets and clapnets which they used to entrap their prey are frequently
represented as crowded with fish or birds, as many as twenty-five of the ..."
3. The Mastaba of Ptahhetep and Akhethetep at Saqqareh by Norman de Garis Davies (1900)
"The sixth row is a scene of fowling with clapnets. A man stands up to give the
signal crying, " Pull comrades, there is a catch for you. ..."
4. Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During the Months of January, February by Charles Piazzi Smyth (1867)
"And he still enjoys his field.sports much as his ancestors did before him, but
with a variation ; for now the ropes of the clapnets are led by ingenious ..."
5. A Handbook for Travellers in Egypt: Including Descriptions of the Course of by John Murray (Firm), John Gardner Wilkinson (1875)
"Some are engaged in dragging a net full of fish to the shore, others in catching
geese and wild-fowl in large clapnets ; in another part women play the harp ..."
6. A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"Those caught in the day are taken in clapnets of fifteen yards long and two and
a half broad; and are enticed within their reach by bits of looking- glass, ..."
7. Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy by William Bingley (1803)
"Those caught in the day-time are taken in clapnets of fifteen yards in length,
and two and a half ..."
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