to fyke
9.9
To catch fish with a tube-shaped net, especially eels
- verb
- Archaic
:
pescar con red de fyke
- Local fishermen would fyke the river every spring to catch migrating eels.
Examples
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They learned how to fyke from their grandfather, who had fished these waters for decades.
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Permits are required if you want to fyke in the protected estuary area.
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We will fyke for eels this weekend.
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He fyked a large eel yesterday.
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Local fishermen would fyke the river every spring to catch migrating eels.
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They learned how to fyke from their grandfather, who had fished these waters for decades.
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Permits are required if you want to fyke in the protected estuary area.
Synonyms
to net fish
vsto fyke
1
2.8
To catch fish with a net
catch mainly eels using a bag-shaped trap rather than many species
8.2
To catch fish using nets that trap them by their gills
catch mainly eels using a bag-shaped trap instead of trapping by gills
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fyke comes from the Dutch word fuik, and it means 'to catch fish with a funnel-shaped net'. So to fyke is to use that trap to catch fish such as eels.