netter

An openwork fabric made of threads or cords that are woven or knotted together at regular intervals.

Something made of openwork fabric, especially:

1. A device for capturing birds, fish, or insects.

2. A barrier against flying insects.

3. A mesh for holding the hair in place.

4. Something that entraps; a snare.

5. A fine mesh fabric used as curtain or dress material or as the foundation for various laces.

6. A barrier of meshwork cord or rope strung between two posts to divide a court in half, as in tennis and badminton.

7. A ball that is hit into this meshwork barrier.

8. The goal in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse.

9. The cord meshwork attached to the hoop of a basket in basketball.

Sports

1. A barrier of meshwork cord or rope strung between two posts to divide a court in half, as in tennis and badminton.

2. A ball that is hit into this meshwork barrier.

3. The goal in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse.

4. The cord meshwork attached to the hoop of a basket in basketball.

A meshed network of lines, figures, or fibers.

A radio, television, or telephone network.

Computer Science See network.

To catch or ensnare in or as if in a net.

To cover, protect, or surround with or as if with a net.

Sports To hit (a ball) into the net.

To make into a net.