Bowpicker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbaʊˌpɪkə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bowpicker is a noun meaning A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat.
Meaning
A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat.
Example Sentences
It was a thirty-two foot bowpicker with a bare, stainless-stell reel in the bow and a square, squatty cabin that filled up the stern.
The usual Columbia River bowpicker is about twenty feet long, very high in the bow and stern to weather the waves of the Columbia Bar, and practically unsinkable.
The experience with bowpickers in Cordova demonstrated that without additional innovation, towing a buoy over the gear aft of the entry point of the groundline to the water was impractical and potentially unsafe.
Word Forms
- bowpickers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sternpicker, bowfisher, bultow, bowfishing, dropnet, eelboat.
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