landing net
- noun
- /ˈlændɪŋ nɛt/
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- Finally, he laid his own landing net into the water and eased the fish into it.
Examples
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I picked up the huge landing net.
Fiction book (2002) -
I have owned many landing nets over the years.
Blog text (9) -
He played it leisurely, allowing the fish to exhaust itself in several long streaking runs, and then brought it up against the boat and scooped it with the landing net.
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Finally, he laid his own landing net into the water and eased the fish into it.
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O'Brien was shocked at its size and knew immediately that their landing net would be useless for the fish.
Synonyms
A small net used to pull fish into a boat
How Big
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'landing' (the act of bringing down or ashore) plus 'net' (a catching device): it is a net used to land or lift a caught fish. This noun–noun compound follows regular compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Landing net The name landing net comes from the idea of landing a fish, that is 'bringing it ashore', using a net on a long handle. So picture gently scooping a caught fish and lifting it out of the water, which explains why it means 'a bag-shaped net on a long handle used to lift a caught fish from the water'.
