dial. Also flam. A net used in ferreting rabbits. Also attrib., as flam-net.
1801. W. B. Daniel, Rural Sports, I. 491. In the winter, the Ferret is coped, or muzzled, and a small bell tied round his neck; and after the holes are as silently as possible covered with Purse nets, called Flans, the Ferret should be put in, the windward side of the burrows, where the person should also place himself, and observe the utmost silence, otherwise the Rabbits will retreat to their lower earths, and be scratched to death before they will bolt.
1876. Surrey Gloss., Flam or Flam-net, a small net used in ferreting rabbits, to place over the holes or ‘buries’ as they are called.
