puttcher
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butt — 1) a cask or barrel used to pickle or store fish. Held 4 quintals of fish, 1 quintal in Lunenburg Nova Scotia being 112 pounds 2) the bottom or reel end of a fishing rod 3) putt (a tapering basket used in making fish weirs on the Wye and Severn… … Dictionary of ichthyology
kype — 1) the lengthened and hooked lower jaw of mature males in certain species of Salmonidae 2) putt (a tapering basket used in making fish weirs on the Wye and Severn rivers of England. Putts are placed in groups of six or nine between pairs of… … Dictionary of ichthyology
putt — 1) a salmon trap (English dialect) 2) a tapering basket used in making fish weirs on the Wye and Severn rivers of England. Putts are placed in groups of six or nine between pairs of stakes, each group between two stakes is called a puttcher. Also … Dictionary of ichthyology
