seal net

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46106

seal n Early in the last century many seals were caught by landsmen. A seal net was described as being about 50 fathoms long, 14 fathoms deep, with a mesh of 8 inches. It was always on the bottom of the sea, kept down by two killocks made fast to each end of the morings. To each end of the knee was attached a piece of "rattl- ing" (ratline) of the depth of the water where the net was set. This in turn was attached to a pole 12 to 14 feet long, by which the net was hauled up for examination. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story March 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used sile,soil,swale,swile,swoil(e),bay,harbour,harp,hood,old,square flipper,square a,young,bedlamer,dotard,ragged-jacket,saddleback,turner,white-coat,pelt n,sculp n;~bait/bat/cat/catcher/dart/fat/finger/hunt(er)/gun/hand/head(cod)/hole/killer/meadow/man/net Card marked DNE-cit, but not used. More collocations:~hunting/shot/skin(er)/soap/twine/vat/bird/penis/worm/frame/oil/pan/pass/patch;~fish/er(y)/ing;dog1;pup;cock,cod worm;snub1;blow hole;bobbing~;sealer1;fish killer