fyke
nounUK /faɪk/
US /faɪk/
A fyke is a long net shaped like a funnel that people use to catch fish.
The fisherman pulled a fyke full of small fish from the river.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A bag-shaped net stretched on hoops, used especially for catching eels.
They set an eel fyke in the shallow water near the reeds.
3. To catch fish using a fyke net.
The old man fyked for eels along the creek every autumn.
4. A wicker or wire trap for catching fish or lobsters.
The lobster fyke was baited and lowered into the bay.