Sc. Obs. [? f. TUG sb. or v. + NET.] ? A fishing-net that is drawn or tugged, not fixed; a drag-net. (Cf. also draw-net.)
1584. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 232/1. Ad locum et aquam de Spay ubi rete piscationis vulgo tugnettis fisching dicti Rob. solebant piscare. Ibid. (1607), 686/1. Salmonum piscariam et lie tug-net tam rubrorum piscium et lie scaill-fische quam aliorum. Ibid. (1611), 170/1.
1603. in Inform. Dk. Gordon v. Earls Murray & Fife, 2. The said Marquis’s tugnet to be used by him within the bounds used and wont. Ibid. (1760), 1. A tugnet-fishing in the mouth of the river, or a fishing with a larger kind of net, such as is used for fishing in the sea and mouths of rivers.
