douser n [phonetics unavailable]. Cp DOUSE v. A device used to drive fish in a desired direction by thrashing the water; DASHER, THRASHER. TROUNCER (Q 71-8).
   1971 CASEY 63 A 'doucer' was a twelve or fourteen inch bolt of iron with four iron rings fastened through the bolt at three or four inch intervals. When four or five 'doucers' were lowered overboard and pulled up and down by a line or were allowed to strike the ocean floor, they produced a loud noise which drove the cod into the 'bunt' or the loose bag of netting of the seine.

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