2. Noun. Pairs or a pair of stockings made of fishnet fabric. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fishnets
1. fishnet [n] - See also: fishnet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishnets
Literary usage of Fishnets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metal Objects (1952-1989) by Isabelle K. Raubitschek (1998)
"... but weights for fishnets, 455 and 456, came from areas that indicate they were
dedications. The persistence of this type of fishnet weight from the ..."
2. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"... the vermilion camwood, their vegetables, and fruit of banana and plantain,
their tobacco and pipes and bangles, their fishnets and baskets, fish, ..."
3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Ropes, fishnets and mats are made of this tough "bast fibre" of the inner bark.
It was a favourite tying material in nurseries and greenhouses until the ..."
4. The New Movement in the Theatre by Sheldon Cheney (1914)
"How many times have we seen plays set in drawing- rooms, or artists' studios, or
parlors, that were more like college students' rooms, hung with fishnets, ..."
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