bowpicker

/ˈbaʊˌpɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From bow + picker.

bowpicker means A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

bowpicker is pronounced /ˈbaʊˌpɪkə(ɹ)/.

noun

A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat.“The usual Columbia River bowpicker is about twenty feet long, very high in the bow and stern to weather the waves of the Columbia Bar, and practically unsinkable.”