pound net

1. 1.

   trap consisting of an arrangement of nets directing fish into an enclosure

   Broadertrap

Questions about pound net

What does pound net mean?

pound net means "trap consisting of an arrangement of nets directing fish into an enclosure".

Is pound net a common word?

pound net is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.