monais | Notes: ‘coarse woolly twine used for setting up nets to ropes’. SND s.v. monish ‘orig. unascertained’. |
bad | Quotation: “We’ll try a bad.” Notes: ‘Shooting overboard 2 or 3 fathoms of net on a breezy night, as a test for presence of herring.’ |
ceannair | Notes: the end of the bridle-rope, which is attached to the wing of the net. (Tarbert) |