10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUTCHEON»
Discover the use of
putcheon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
putcheon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
... gaff, strokeall or other such instrument, or any fire or light, or white object, or by
damming or teeming, or emptying the same, or by lifting any flood gates, or by
laying down or using any balk, crib, putt, putcheon, trumpet or other fixed engine
or ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
1846
... or any waters communicating therewith, or lifting any flood- 5 gates, or by
laying down any putt, putcheon or trumpet, or any kind of engine or device
whatsoever, or using or employing any other means than those authorized by this
Act, every ...
3
THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINATED ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ...
... and with boats or otherwise to enter upon any inland or tidal waters, and to
enter upon and examine any weir, cruive, fishing cage, putt, putcheon, trumpet, or
other device, sluice, mill-dam, mill-race, and watercourse communicating
therewith ...
4
Reports from Commissioners
... and with boats or otherwise to enter upon any inland or tidal waters, and to
enter upon and examine any weir, cruive, fishing cage, putt, putcheon, trumpet, or
other device, sluice, mill-dam, mill-race, and watercourse communicating
therewith ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
1864
5
The Severn Bore: An Illustrated Guide
A drawing of an oldtype eel putcheon, made from willow or hazel. A drawing of a
plastic eel putcheon. Salmon Like elvers and eels, the salmon is quite a rare
species in the Severn today. Until recently, men could be seen on both sides.
... gaff, strokeall or other such instrument, or any fire or light, or white object, or by
damming or teeming, or emptying the same, or by lifting any flood gates, or by
laying down or using any balk, crib, putt, putcheon, trumpet or other fixed engine
or ...
To make a putcheon you need to be an eel- catcher and have a real
understanding of the fish, for even professional basket-makers have had a try
and cannot get on with it. They are made from cultivated rod, cut from the river-
bank about ...
He takes great care of these nets, which are slung from the ceiling of his
outhouse to keep them out of flood's way. A homelier and more usual method of
catching eels for the cottage table is with the putcheon or weel. This is a long
wicker ...
9
Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club
The basket eel trap is another method of catching eels which is extensively used
by the riverside dweller. Two sizes are recognised in the Gloucester district, the
putcheon, 40 inches in length, and the larger wheel of about 50 ins. The traps are
...
10
Leicestershire words, phrases, and proverbs
The word is used on the Thames, for a peculiar wicker basket, or cage, to catch
fish, called on the Severn a ' putcheon,' or 'put- chin.' BAWMING and SLAWMING,
phr. Daubing and sliming. ' He bawmed and slawmed it all over mortar and ...
Arthur Benoni Evans,
1848