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Definition of Trammel net
1. Noun. A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trammel Net
Literary usage of Trammel net
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"trammel net A hoop or barrel net Is not a "trammel net," within Kirby's Dig.
§ 3000, prohibiting fishing with a trammel net, and an indictment charging that ..."
2. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"Hauling-Net, Garfish-Net, Meshing-Net, Gill-Net, Trammel-Net, Drum-Net, Trawl-Nets.
FISH ECONOMICS.—Fish Oil, Fish Fertilizer, Skins of Fishes, ..."
3. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"trammel net, sb. a drag-net used for taking salmon and trout in the Severn. ...
Trammel-net is a redundant form ; trammel is an old word, meaning net. ..."
4. The Law Relating to the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, as Amended by by John William Willis Bund (1873)
"What it did was this: it decided that a trammel net with a two-inch mesh in the
middle was illegal, as being practically a net with a less mesh than two ..."
5. On the Zoological Position of Texas by Edward Drinker Cope (1880)
"Model trammel-net. 10 feet long, 2 feet wide, 2 and 5 inch mesh. ... Trammel-net.
American Net and Twine Company. Used for general fishing in rivers and ..."
6. The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872, with by California, James Henry Deering, Charles Howard Fairall (1915)
"... extend or use any two- mesh or three-mesh net or trammel net for the catching
of fish, shrimp or shellfish in the waters of this state is guilty of a ..."
7. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"One of very good design is manufactured Trammel-net, by Mr. JS Cragg, of Lowestoft.
It is called by the maker a double-flued trammel-net, and its special ..."
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