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clap net

noun

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  1. A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.

    • The clap net is the grand weapon of the entomologist : it is a large piece of muslin, four feet long, and nearly three wide.
    • One day the colonel, who was very keen on hunting, took me with him when he went out to catch partridges with a clap-net [translating Tyras], an invention which impressed me very much.

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