'Fold net' definitions:

Definition of 'Fold net'

From: GCIDE
  • Fold \Fold\, n. [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]
  • 1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. [1913 Webster]
  • Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. --J. D. Dana. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. [1913 Webster]
  • Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds. [1913 Webster]