herring-net

If I had thy power of imagination and description, Darsie, I could make out a fine, dark, mysterious, Rembrandt-looking portrait of this same stranger, which should be as far superior to thy fisherman as a shirt of chain-mail is to a herring-net.

Redgauntlet 2008

Now this was Saturday, and on Saturday evenings Matte never set the herring-net, for he did not fish on Sunday.

The Lilac Fairy Book 2003

If you saw a herring-net taken in, you might forget yourself so far as to scream with delight at the sight of the fish flashing like silver, and bright with blue and purple hues which no painter could copy.

Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Caroline Pridham

When the time came to set my little fish free in the rearing ponds, as a matter of principle I covered the ponds with herring-net, closely pegged down on the banks so that I could not even get my hand under the edge.

Amateur Fish Culture Charles Edward Walker

She was tugging with her trembling hand at the arm of the apple-tree, and the white blossom was raining over her from the rowels of the thin boughs overhead, like silver fish falling from the herring-net.

The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

The old man died first, and Davy fixed up a herring-net in front of him, where he lay on the settle by the fire, so that his mother might not see him from her place on the bed.

Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon Hall Caine 1892

Now this was Saturday, and on Saturday evenings Matte never set the herring-net, for he did not fish on Sunday.

The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

Now this was Saturday, and on Saturday evenings Matte never set the herring-net, for he did not fish on Sunday.

The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

Dance a hornpipe in a herring-net, and you'll know what it is!

The Brownies and Other Tales 1871

If I had thy power of imagination and description, Darsie, I could make out a fine, dark, mysterious, Rembrandt-looking portrait of this same stranger, which should be as far superior to thy fisherman as a shirt of chain-mail is to a herring-net.

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801