a trap leader

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72548

trap 1 n Thus, while the ice was still on the shores of Labrador, a steamer was sent ahead with numbers of men, each armed with a "trap leader," to get ahead of the sailing schooners which were working their perilous way along inside the floe ice. In one case, after the best berths had thus been taken, the nets to complete the traps did not turn up after the prescribed four days. . . . Again, some men were landed with "leaders" on one station late at night. "No sail in sight. We'll secure our/ berths tomorrow morning." During the night, however, a southerly wind brought in two schooners, and during the hours of darkness these secured the prize while the others slept. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used ~berth, boat, fisherman, skiff, cod trap, buoy, cod (fish), fish, crew, fishery, fishing, gear, glut, keg, cag, lead, leader, linnet, loft, twine loft, man, master, mooring, trap-net, season, skipper, system, time, vee, voyage