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setnetting

setnetting is the alternative form of set netting.

setnetting is the present participle and gerund of setnet.

Meaning of set netting

Noun

set netting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of fishing with a set net.
    • Unlike drifting, set netting is done in a small skiff, not unlike a Boston Whaler, usually between fifteen and twenty feet in length.2008, Bill Carter, Red Summer, →ISBN, pages 15–16

Questions about setnetting

What is setnetting the alternative form of?
Setnetting is the alternative form of set netting.

Words near setnetting in the dictionary

  1. setnet
  2. setnets
  3. setnetted
  4. setnetter
  5. setnetters
  6. setnetting
  7. Seto
  8. Seto Inland Sea
  9. setoff
  10. setoffs
  11. Setogawa

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