bow net

noun — 2 senses

noun

A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.

A net for catching birds.

HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports:

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