Fyke

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  • noun. A long, bag-shaped fishing net held open by hoops.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See fike.
  • noun. A kind of fish-trap, consisting of a bag-net distended by hoops; a bow-net.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
    • Word Usage
    "A fyke is a fishnet, with long wings on each side; in shape like a nightcap with ear lappets; in mechanism like a rat-trap."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dike  Ike  Mike  Pike  Reich  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fyke net  fyke-net  
    variant
    fyke net  
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