Definitions
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
Word origin
From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.
Used in a sentence
“When ponds are cleaned out periodically, fish are trapped or dragnetted and finally the pond is drained to remove all fish.”
“In fact, Carty was not the man, but, after a police swoop had dragnetted twenty men suspected of having taken part in the business, he was lodged in Sligo jail and accused of this violence to the lady.”
“A May Day anti-capitalist protest last year in Seattle saw clashes between police and protesters, and the FBI had been dragnetting potential anarchists.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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