Gillnet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), gill·net·ted, gill·net·ting.
  1. to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
noun
  1. 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.
noun
  1. a net suspended vertically in the water to trap fish by their gills in its meshes
Gillnet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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