objectNetObjectsMeshed cordage for catch and hold. Not fishing-net as one gear alone, and not cloth as solid weave.Net is historically related to Rope.Falconer’s marine dictionary seats nets among cordage gear laid from rope and twine. A named net beside rope as its cord stock, not fishing-net as one gear name alone.from William Falconer · Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1769historically related to · sourced · documentedsourcesUniversal Dictionary of the Marine · William FalconerWilliam Falconer, An Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1769).