fyke

[fahyk]

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noun Hudson and Delaware Valleys.

a bag-shaped fish trap.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < Dutch fuik, Middle Dutch fuycke; cognate with Old Frisian fūcke

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fyke (faɪk)

—n
	(US) a fish trap consisting of a net suspended over a series of hoops, laid horizontally in the water

[C19: from Middle Dutch fuycke]

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