lobster pot

noun

a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.
Also called lobster trap.

Origin of lobster pot

First recorded in 1755–65

Words nearby lobster pot

lobotomy, lobscouse, lobster, lobster moth, lobster newburg, lobster pot, lobster roll, lobster shift, lobster thermidor, lobster-claw deformity, lobster-tail helmet

Example sentences from the Web for lobster pot

  • Holy saints, skipper, ye'd not be sendin' me to choppin' poles wid a head on me like a lobster-pot?

    The Harbor Master |Theodore Goodridge Roberts

  • Much trouble would have been spared to himself and his translators, if Bbur had known a lobster-pot.

    The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

  • You mean there's a lobster-pot attached to every one of those?

    The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries |Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for lobster pot

lobster pot

lobster trap

noun

a round basket or trap made of open slats used to catch lobsters