[Of unknown origin; cf. LAMMET, lam-net (s.v. LAM v.).] (See quot. 1883.)
1875. Buckland, Log-bk., 346. A small stream so shallow that three fishermen were standing waist deep in it working their lave nets.
1883. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 2), 125. Lave Net … used in the estuary to take salmon on the sands in the shallow water.
1894. Westm. Gaz., 30 July, 8/2. On Thursday Mr. Henry Cadogan, with a lave net, caught in the same water a young shark.
