bramble net

English

Noun

bramble net (plural bramble nets)

1. (archaic, rare) A net to catch birds.
   • 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: a Tale of Real and Ideal:

     She is no Priapus to drive the birds away; but as if she was a bramble-net, their notes are caught in her ears, even if their feet are not seized by her fingers as they winnow the air, wheel, dive, and dally about her.

References

• “bramble net”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rabblement