from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A net the mouth of which is stretched upon a hoop, as a handle-net, dip-net, scoop-net, etc.
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Each scooper lifted a great hoop-net set on a handle some fifteen feet long, threw it easily up stream, and swept it on edge with the current to the full length of his reach.
The Cobra continues to offer hoop-net treks for crab and lobster on Friday and Saturday nights, from 5 to 11 p.m.
Here they perform amazing feats of strength and agility; the game principally consists in taking and carrying off the ball from the opposite party, after being hurled into the air, midway between two high pillars, which are the goals, and the party who bears off the ball to their pillar wins the game; each person having a racquet or hurl, which is an implement of a very curious construction, somewhat resembling a ladle or little hoop-net, with a handle near three feet in
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[Footnote 329: The _fuyck_ is a hoop-net used for catching fish.