| Summary: | creeper At one end of the poles is a line called a backing-line; and at the extreme end - say where the whole length of line has been passed under the ice - a creeper or small species of anchor is let down and trailed over the nets, which - when hooked by the creeper - are drawn up through one of the holes, the seals cleared, drawn to the Establishment, and placed in a heap which is covered with snow. PRINTED ITEM Used I Used I Withdrawn [see 'crape', 'crapers'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 07 Jul 2016
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