killick-claw

[killick, q.v. + claw]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1952 quote.

Quotations

1774

Four hands brought the traps from Atkinson Pond, hauled up the flat which is there, cut some killick-claws, and pulled rods.

1952

A killickclaw is a several-pronged anchor bound round a rock for weight and used to hold fish-nets when set in the sea.