trinket

1) A diminutive of ‘trink’, that is a kind of fixed fishing net used in rivers.

1657 And further the statute 2 Hen. VI ... doth ... forbid the puttinge or settinge of any nets called trincketts ... for takeing of fish, Wetherby.

places Wetherby
dates 1657

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