Meaning

Alternative form of set net..

Example Sentences

Any net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net used for taking or catching fish, which shall be used or maintained in any of the waters of this state in violation of any existing or hereafter enacted statutes or laws of this state for the protection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it is the duty of every peace officer to seize and keep the same and report such seizure to the board of fish commissioners of the state.

Because set-nets are fixed to the beach, a locational component enters and influences the settlement pattern of set-net fishermen.

As no set-nets or harpoon vessels operate between Hsinchu in the north-west and Pingtung in the south-west, there are no capture records for Taiwan's western coastal region except for the Penghu area.

I used to snag; I used to trap; I used to gill-net; I dipnetted, set-netted on scaffolds.

He was back from his freshman year of college and they were both working for his father, tending the dogs and the farm while Abel was out set-netting with old Sam Dementieff and Mary Balashoff on Alaganik Bay.

They've set-netted off this point for all the years I've fished here, since before the war, and I expect they will until they die.

Word Forms

• set-nets
• set-netting
• set-netted

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When Should You Use Set-net?

Use set-net when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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