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clap-net

noun

  1. a net, used esp by entomologists, that can be closed instantly by pulling a string


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First, then, comes the ordinary "clap-net" of the London and provincial bird-catchers.

The method of laying the clap-net is best described with the aid of a drawing (vide Fig. 5).

One other form of net—'the clap net'—although still occasionally seen, has had its best days.

However, it may, perhaps, be necessary to describe how to make this machine or clap-net — fit only for dealers or exterminators.

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