cod-end

"Vast heaving" indicated the appearance of the net at the surface, and, when the mouth of the net was well above the bulwarks the derrick was topped up vertically, the lower part of the net dragged inboard and the cod-end untied, the catch being thus allowed to empty itself on deck.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

It was at the end of the bay, where cliff and beach and sea together form a bag like the cod-end of the trawl net.

The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

Besides being stronger, the cod-end was covered by flounces of old netting, to prevent the rough bottom from chafing it too much.

The Young Trawler 1859

It was seventy feet long, and about sixteen feet of the outermost end was much stronger than the rest, and formed the bag, named the cod-end, in which the fish were ultimately collected.

The Young Trawler 1859

For a few seconds dead silence ensued, while the men glanced at the empty cod-end, and at each other.

The Young Trawler 1859

He was naturally of an excitable -- what we may call a jovial -- jumping -- disposition, and, although he had now been some months at sea, he had not yet succeeded in crushing down that burst of delight with which he viewed the cod-end of the great deep-sea net as it was hoisted over the side by the power of block and tackle.

The Young Trawler 1859

The first haul of the mission vessel was a great success, prophetic of the great successes in store, thought her skipper, as the cod-end was finally swung inboard in an almost bursting condition.

The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea 1859

The cod-end had its lower part secured by a strong rope.

The Young Trawler 1859

One of the curious results of this flood was that Bob was always more prompt to the summons to haul up the trawl than he had ever been before, more energetic in clawing the net inboard, and more eager to see and examine the contents of the cod-end.

The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea 1859

Soon the great balloon-shaped cod-end with its solid mass of fish rose slowly into the air, and some of the men laid hold to be ready to swing it inboard and deposit it on the deck, when, suddenly, the stout rope that bound the lower end of the bag gave way.

The Young Trawler 1859