gill net

[ gil ]

/ gɪl /

a curtainlike net, suspended vertically in the water, with meshes of such a size as to catch by the gills a fish that has thrust its head through.

Origin of gill net

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

When a large fish is meshed in a gill-net, the floats by their agitation advertise the fact.

Tales of the Fish Patrol |Jack London
By-and-by men came in boats, and hauled up the gill-net and the helpless salmon that had become entangled in it.

Children's Literature |Charles Madison Curry
Red was to box three rounds with a man named Tomingo, a dark-faced foreigner who piloted a gill-net boat.

The Shadow Passes |Roy J. Snell
Two young fellows stretched a gill-net across the mouth of the creek.

The Silent Places |Steward Edward White

“Only one of the gill-net boats returning to the cannery,” was the answer.

The Shadow Passes |Roy J. Snell

gill net

/ (ɡɪl) /

fishing a net suspended vertically in the water to trap fish by their gills in its meshes