fishnet

fish·net  (fshnt)

n.

1. Netting used to catch fish.

2. A mesh fabric resembling such netting.

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fishnet

Noun

an open mesh fabric resembling netting, sometimes used for tights or stockings

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fishnet - a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in fishing net drift net - a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current gill net - a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills landing net - a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water net - a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects seine - a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom trammel, trammel net - a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh trawl net, dragnet, trawl - a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths