What is "fold net"

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.

   Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen.
   --Bacon.

   Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions.
   --J. D. Dana.

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.

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

   Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.
   --Shak.

   Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.

n. A kind of net used to catch birds.