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fishnet

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fish·net  (fshnt)
n.
1. Netting used to catch fish.
2. A mesh fabric resembling such netting.

fishnet
Noun
an open mesh fabric resembling netting, sometimes used for tights or stockings
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Noun1.fishnetfishnet - a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
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


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Ay, lady, the fine cobweb-looking cloth you wear at your throat is coarse, and like a fishnet, to little spots I can show you, where the river fabricates all sorts of images, as if having broke loose from order, it would try its hand at everything.
 
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