Definitions for "Gill net"
Keywords:  entangle, fishnet, caught, fish, nylon
a curtain-like net suspended vertically in coastal waters to tangle or snare fish.
a net primarily designed to catch fish by entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the surface of the water
a huge fishnet set vertically in the water so that all fish swimming into it become entangled by their gills.