DCHP-1 Online
barrier net Obs. 
a net set across a stream, replacing a fish weir, or barrier.
See also: barrier
- 1863 But the abominable dams, and the barrier nets, and the Indians' spearings, have already lessened it [the salmon run] one-fourth.
- 1863 But the abominable dams, and the barrier nets, and the Indians' spearings, have already lessened it [the salmon run] one-fourth.