keepnet
A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
Noun
- A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
- Once she'd hooked them, she'd free them and put them in a keep net. - 1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 116:
Origin
From keep + net.