Definition of Keepnet

1. Noun. (nautical) A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keepnet

1. a net for holding fish alive in a river [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keepnet

keeped
keeper
keepers
keepership
keeperships
keepest
keepeth
keepie-uppie
keeping
keeping on
keeping one's options open
keeping up
keeping wicket
keepings
keeplike
keepnet (current term)
keepnets
keeps
keeps on
keeps one's options open
keeps up
keeps wicket
keepsakes
keepsaky
keepsies
keepy-uppy
keepy uppy
keercheef
keerful

Literary usage of Keepnet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1902)
"My friend some little distance away called to me that there was a big ' pike ' swimming about the keepnet which we had suspended in the water with our ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Keepnet on Dictionary.com!Search for Keepnet on Thesaurus.com!Search for Keepnet on Google!Search for Keepnet on Wikipedia!

Search