clap net

See also: clapnet

English

Alternative forms

• clap-net, clapnet

Noun

clap net (plural clap nets)

1. A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.
   • 1835, Edward Newman, The Grammar of Entomology, page 265:

     The clap net is the grand weapon of the entomologist : it is a large piece of muslin, four feet long, and nearly three wide.

   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, II.21, Dedalus 2016, p. 158:

     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.