trammel net

noun

a three-layered fishing net, the middle layer of which is fine-meshed, the others coarse-meshed, so that fish attempting to pass through the net will become entangled in one or more of the meshes.

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Origin:
1510–20

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trammel net
noun
a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

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"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly. If th' assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success—that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all!—here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'd jump the life to come."

-Shakespeare