lobster trap

noun

: a usually rectangular wooden or metal cage that is baited and placed on the sea bottom and that has a funnel-shaped net used to trap lobsters see also lobster pot

Examples of lobster trap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Woodbury's Ogunquit wasn't about quaint lighthouses or lobster traps. —

Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 Many of the city's 6,600 residents have some tie to lobstering; modest house after house has stacks of rectangular lobster traps in the driveway. —

Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024 The absence of commercial lobster traps and not being poked and prodded by divers armed with snares, tickle sticks and nets for nearly four months usually results in an abundance of crustaceans for the miniseason that are less wary than normal. —

Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024 Those are the varieties of seafood found in lobster traps post-Irma. —

Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lobster trap

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