Obs. [Origin unknown: cf. BUCK sb.4] ? A kind of basket-net for catching fish.

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1533–4.  Act 25 Hen. VIII., vii. No … person … shal … take … in or by meanes of any wele, butte, net … the yonge frie … of any kinde of salmon.

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1556.  Act 1 Eliz., xvii. § 1. Any … Net, Weele, But, Taining, Kepper.

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