A fishing net that is thrown out and immediately drawn in again, rather than being set up and left.
〔渔〕撒网（指撒出后又立即收回的网，与撒后留下的网相对）
Example sentencesExamples
They contrast these techniques with others, such as cast nets, bows and arrows, and harpoons-more selective, active techniques that require skill and place much lower limits on the amount fishers can catch at any one time.
Others snorkeled in search of popping-cork treasure, slung cast nets at finger mullet, pushed sunburned babies in strollers and walked dogs.
Finger mullet can be bought from camps or caught in cast nets.
They learned to throw a cast net and how to build a fire that's good for frying fish.
Judging by the laundry list of species caught on some trips more than 40 miles to sea, it would seem more practical than fishing with individual lines to just launch an enormous cast net off the stern.
‘The offences ranged from speeding by exceeding the six knots in the no-wash zone of the town reach area, using cast nets in the same area and exceeding the bag limits,’ he said.
Definition of cast net in US English:
cast net
noun
A net that is thrown out and immediately drawn in again, as opposed to one that is set up and left.
〔渔〕撒网（指撒出后又立即收回的网，与撒后留下的网相对）
Example sentencesExamples
They learned to throw a cast net and how to build a fire that's good for frying fish.
Judging by the laundry list of species caught on some trips more than 40 miles to sea, it would seem more practical than fishing with individual lines to just launch an enormous cast net off the stern.
Others snorkeled in search of popping-cork treasure, slung cast nets at finger mullet, pushed sunburned babies in strollers and walked dogs.
‘The offences ranged from speeding by exceeding the six knots in the no-wash zone of the town reach area, using cast nets in the same area and exceeding the bag limits,’ he said.
Finger mullet can be bought from camps or caught in cast nets.
They contrast these techniques with others, such as cast nets, bows and arrows, and harpoons-more selective, active techniques that require skill and place much lower limits on the amount fishers can catch at any one time.