trap-berth

trap 1 n . . . we cannot take our nets to the fish, and therefore have to place them where the fish are sure to pass. . . . the Government has had to pass a law forbidding any mark to be put out claiming a "trap berth," as it is called, before a certain day and hour. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G...

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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/78569
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Summary:trap 1 n . . . we cannot take our nets to the fish, and therefore have to place them where the fish are sure to pass. . . . the Government has had to pass a law forbidding any mark to be put out claiming a "trap berth," as it is called, before a certain day and hour. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I ~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

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