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cod-trap Nfld 
n. a large netted trap about 100 feet square, with a bottom, a door, and a leader to direct fish into the trap.
See also: trap net
- 1904 (1929) Long ago, when young Luke Dart, the Boot Bay trader, was ambitious for Shore patronage, he said to Solomon Stride . . . "Solomon, b'y, an you be willin', I'll trust you with twine for a cod-trap."
- 1907 In shape a cod-trap is very like a house, with a large door at which the fish can enter.
- 1944 Before the fishing season begins, the cod traps--which are boxlike nets--are dyed with bark and mended. . . .
- 1904 (1929) Long ago, when young Luke Dart, the Boot Bay trader, was ambitious for Shore patronage, he said to Solomon Stride . . . "Solomon, b'y, an you be willin', I'll trust you with twine for a cod-trap."