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clap net

clap net noun: a net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.

Noun

clap net (plural clap nets)

  1. A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.
    • The clap net is the grand weapon of the entomologist : it is a large piece of muslin, four feet long, and nearly three wide.1835, Edward Newman, The Grammar of Entomology, page 265
    • One day the colonel, who was very keen on hunting, took me with him when he went out to catch partridges with a clap-net [translating Tyras], an invention which impressed me very much.1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, II.21, Dedalus 2016, p. 158

Forms of clap net

pluralclap nets
alternative formclap-net
alternative formclapnet

Questions about clap net

What does clap net mean?
Clap net means a net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.
What part of speech is clap net?
Clap net is a noun.
What is the plural of clap net?
The plural of clap net is clap nets.

Words near clap net in the dictionary

  1. clap cheeks
  2. clap cold
  3. clap eyes on
  4. clap in
  5. clap in, clap out
  6. clap net
  7. clap nets
  8. clap on
  9. clap one's hands red
  10. clap out
  11. clap skate

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