cast-net
cast-net verb: to throw a weighted fishing net and then pull it back by means of an attached line.
Verb
cast-net (third-person singular simple present cast-nets, present participle cast-netting, simple past and past participle cast-netted)
- To throw a weighted fishing net and then pull it back by means of an attached line.
- With regard to barbel, the last direction for chub is a very important one; hundreds of barbel are caught when of mere gudgeon size, either when raking for gudgeon or cast-netting for bait.1883, Francis Francis, The Practical Management of Fisheries, A Book For Proprietors and Keepers, page 96
- Down Florida way the coral reefs hold huge schools of small fish which can be easily cast netted after being attracted close to the boat with a bit of chum, or purchased from bait boats or from bait stores that have big tanks to handle live bait.May 1986, Bunky Hearst, “Fighting Chair, Which Fish With Which To Fish-Got That?”, in Motor Boating & Sailing, volume 157, number 5, page 34
- Synonyms:
- net-cast
Examples of cast-net in a sentence
- Silver carps and tambaquis were obtained from a fishfarm and bluegills and Congo tilapias were cast-netted from Paranoá Reservoir.1990, E. van Donk, E.H.R.R. Lammens, M.-L. Meyer, Ramesh D. Gulati (editors), Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management, Proceedings of an...
- One of the best I knew was Buddy Rogers, a backwoods cracker who cast-netted during the day and spent most of his nights frog-leg hunting.2016, Gilbert L. Voss, A Pioneer Son at Sea, Fishing Tales of Old Florida:
Synonyms of cast-net
Forms of cast-net
| third-person singular present | cast-nets |
|---|---|
| present participle | cast-netting |
| past participle | cast-netted |
| past | cast-netted |
Words formed from cast-net
Questions about cast-net
- What does cast-net mean?
- Cast-net means to throw a weighted fishing net and then pull it back by means of an attached line.
- How do you use cast-net in a sentence?
- Silver carps and tambaquis were obtained from a fishfarm and bluegills and Congo tilapias were cast-netted from Paranoá Reservoir.
- What part of speech is cast-net?
- Cast-net is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cast-net?
- The past tense of cast-net is cast-netted.
Words near cast-net in the dictionary
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