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Quotation dates: 1881
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HOPPEN, n. See quot. The term is still remembered.Bwk. 1881 P.S.A.S. (1880–1) 150:
These ozzels are first fixed, generally by the women, to the nets every five "masks" or meshes, and are afterwards twisted round the "rape" by the men, great care being necessary to allow a certain amount of slack, known as "hoppen", generally 6 to 7 or even 9 fathom per net, so that the net may not be broken or the fish lost whilst being taken into the boat.
[? An extended usage of vbl.n. of Hap, v.1, sc. 'overlap'.]
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