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to gillnetting

to gillnetting

8.2
To catch fish using nets that trap them by their gills
  • verb
  • Specialized
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  • The fishermen spent the morning gillnetting in the bay to catch salmon for the market.

Examples

  • They are gillnetting for salmon this season.

  • Strict regulations now limit gillnetting to protect endangered fish species.

  • Many coastal communities rely on gillnetting as a traditional method of fishing.

  • I love gillnetting in the early morning.

  • The fishermen spent the morning gillnetting in the bay to catch salmon for the market.

  • Strict regulations now limit gillnetting to protect endangered fish species.

  • Many coastal communities rely on gillnetting as a traditional method of fishing.

Synonyms

to fish
vsto gillnetting
119 1.0

To catch fish for sport or food

focuses on using a specific mesh that traps animals by their gills
to net
vsto gillnetting
3 3.6

To catch something by using a mesh

applies specifically to trapping aquatic animals by catching their gills
to net fish
vsto gillnetting
2.8

To catch fish with a net

uses a specific mesh that traps animals by catching their gills

Surface Forms

gillnetting infinitive
gillnetted past
gillnetted past participle
gillnetting present participle
gillnets third person singular

Morphology

gillnetting = gillnet (transparent) = gill + net + ing

Present-participle formation from the verb 'gillnet' (itself a transparent compound of 'gill' + 'net'), indicating the ongoing action of using gillnets.

Etymology

Gillnetting as a verb is made from gill ('breathing organ' on a fish) + net ('mesh for catching'), so to gillnet is to use that kind of net. That's why the verb means 'to catch fish by trapping their gills in a net'.