n. - A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
n. - A net for confining a woman's hair.
n. - A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a
horse and making him amble.
n. - Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as
a net or shackle.
n. - An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing
kettles and other vessels over the fire.
n. - An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which
consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the
other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves),
and also the describing pencil.