gill net
1
6.5
- noun
- /ɡɪl nɛt/
- Specialized
:
red de enmalle
- When the old man pulled in his gill net, the silver fish twitched and glinted in the lantern light.
- drift gill nets
- gill net fishery
- anchored gill net
Examples
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Two types of shark gill nets, set and drift, were studied.
Academic text (1997) -
When the old man pulled in his gill net, the silver fish twitched and glinted in the lantern light.
Fiction book (1999) -
The gill nets were set out in a straight line or a circle.
Academic text (1990) -
A fleet of about 12 sea skiffs used drift gill nets to catch scup.
Academic text (1990) -
As the herring move in to spawn, small boats retrieve the gill nets, catching the fish.
Academic text (2003) -
His winter-run chinooks had probably been harvested by Native Americans using gill nets.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the shallows, a fisherman had dumped five smallish thresher sharks that had been caught in gill nets.
Fiction book (1998) -
We set up a salmon gill net, a hundred yards wide, that we had brought with us from Alaska.
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As the herring move in to spawn, small boats retrieve the gill nets, catching the fish.
Synonyms
5
1.4
A net people pull through water to catch fish
2
1.6
A net made of thin threads used to catch fish
How Large
- Specialized
1
9.7
- Specialized
2
5.1
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
6.5
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'gill net' is transparently built from 'gill' (the breathing organ of fish) + 'net' (a device for catching), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a net related to fish gills used for catching fish. This is a straightforward noun–noun composition following common compounding patterns and is predictable across languages and contexts, so it is not idiomatic or metaphorical.
Etymology
Gill net is named for how it works: fish get caught when the net holds them by their gills as they try to swim through the holes. That's why it means 'a net used to catch fish by their gills'.