trap berths

trap 1 n Trap berths are places where cod traps are set to moorings, in rather shallow water. The moorings are sometimes attached to a headland or a dry dock rising from the sea, but the traps are just as often moored to the bottom with killicks - home-made wooden anchors weighted with large stones....

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73522
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Summary:trap 1 n Trap berths are places where cod traps are set to moorings, in rather shallow water. The moorings are sometimes attached to a headland or a dry dock rising from the sea, but the traps are just as often moored to the bottom with killicks - home-made wooden anchors weighted with large stones. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 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