cod-trap

cod trap n A cod-trap is made of small twine knitted together and/ formed like a box with a bottom to it. There is also a plain piece of netting from forty to eighty fathoms long, which is called a "leader". These traps are usually ten or twelve fathoms deep. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story 12/69...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14061
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Summary:cod trap n A cod-trap is made of small twine knitted together and/ formed like a box with a bottom to it. There is also a plain piece of netting from forty to eighty fathoms long, which is called a "leader". These traps are usually ten or twelve fathoms deep. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story 12/69 JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not Used TRAP1, cod-trap berth, BERTH, cod-trap crew, CREW, cod-trap fishery, cod-trap linnet, LINNET, cod-trap season, cod-trap twine, TWINE, ~ fish, ~line Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 13 Jun 2016

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