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