cutting off linnet/ cut linnet/

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18452

cut v After so much linnet is handled, it is all double linnet now, two men gather up the linnet between them along the gunnel to a straight edge, lifted high, and the linnet underneath is pushed off the gunnel into the water all along the length of the boat. This is called _cutting off_ the linnet and it allows the boat to slide along the spanline toward the back of the trap, away from the shore. _Cutting off_ is where the expert is required at either end of the boat. If the _cut_ linnet is not handled properly a loop can be let down and the fish lost. Some more linnet is hauled up and some more _cut off_ and then the fish can be seen and the skipper and crew begin to (surmise.) DNE-cit WK's penciling error? WK? JH 2/77 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I cut off (the linnet/twine), cut out (a young seal), cut-tail, cut-throat(er), cut-off, cut pole, cutwater, cut tails, cut throats Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 04 Jul 2016