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bow nets

bow nets is the plural of bow net.

Meaning of bow net

Noun

bow net (plural bow nets)

  1. A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
  2. 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

Questions about bow nets

What is bow nets the plural of?
Bow nets is the plural of bow net.

Words near bow nets in the dictionary

  1. bow leg
  2. bow legs
  3. bow maker
  4. bow makers
  5. bow net
  6. bow nets
  7. bow out
  8. bow pen
  9. bow pencil
  10. bow pencils
  11. bow pens

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