Obs. [= MLG. wade, MHG., mod.G. wate fem., seine; cf. ON. vað-r masc., fishing-line, Sw. vad masc., Norw. vad neut., Da. vod seine.] Some kind of fishing net. Also wade-net.
1388–9. Acc. Obedientiars Abingdon (Camden), 57. j rete vocatum wade et j flowe, cum alio rete vocato chanenet.
1630. in Binnell’s Descr. Thames (1758), 75. Nor shall fish … except with a Wade Net for Bait only.
