pound keeper (poundke"per)

One who has the care of a pound. pound man (pound'man), n.; pl. pound men (-men). A fisherman employed in weir or pound-fishing; a pound-fisherman. pound master (pound'mas"tėr), n. A pound keeper. pound me alt, adv. [ME. poundmele; Pardoners zaf pardun for pons poundmele a-boute. Piers Plowman (A), ii. 198. pound-net (pound'net), n. In fishing, a kind of weir; a wall-net with wings (c, cin the cut), a leader ( a ), and pocket, bowl, or pound (b). The leader is an upright net which is extended in a straight line to the shore to guide the fish into the mouth of an outer netted inclosure called the heart. A contracted opening at the extremity of the heart admits the fish into another inclosure called the bowl or pound, with a bottom of netting, where they remain until removed for market. The fish, in coasting along the shore, keep near the land, and, meeting the wing of the pound, follow the obstruction to its outer extremity, in order to get around it, and thus enter the trap, from which there is no escape. The wings are in many cases a you sand yards in length. A pound-rate (pound'rāt), n. rate or payment at a certain proportion per pound. Houses in London pay an annual pound-rate in the name of tithes by virtue of an arbitration or decree confirmed by act of parliament. Toller (ed. 1808), Law of Tithes, I. 151. IMG:content-0757.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]