Purse net
| a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. |
See also: Purse
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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For rabbits I'll be using long nets - I learned to make purse nets as a youngster, and larger nets working on a fishing trawler."
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