The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.
--Kane.
Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
Wiktionary
n. (context fishing English) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat
WordNet
n. a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current
Usage examples of "drift net".
Brando and Canon Yaryan got themselves arrested for using a drift net to catch two steelheads in the Puyallup River near Tacoma, where a recently issued injunction forbids net-fishing by Indians or anyone else.
How about we lost a huge drift net that got tangled up with a lot of flotsam at a certain time and place, and the ship that left it there had to run from a storm.
It was a sort of drift net for anything the sky happened to throw.