lobster pot

lobster pot ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.

Origin of lobster pot First recorded in 1755–65 Also called lobster trap. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lobster pot Historical Examples of lobster pot

You mean there’s a lobster-pot attached to every one of those?

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries

Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Much trouble would have been spared to himself and his translators, if Bbur had known a lobster-pot.

The Bbur-nma in English

Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

Holy saints, skipper, ye’d not be sendin’ me to choppin’ poles wid a head on me like a lobster-pot?

The Harbor Master

Theodore Goodridge Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for lobster pot lobster pot lobster trap noun

1. a round basket or trap made of open slats used to catch lobsters

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