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bobber n Cp OED ~ 2 1 'float used in angling' (1837-) for
sense 1.
1 Any of a variety of buoyant objects used to mark
the position of a net or other type of fishing-gear, or to suspend it in the water; BUOY;
also attrib.
[1785] 1792 CARTWRIGHT iii, 97 Tilsed and three hands
hauled one of the [seal] nets, but both the pryorpole and the bobber of the other being
carried away, they could not find it. 1792 ibid Gloss i, ix ~ a small piece of
wood, which is made fast by a piece of line (called the bobber-line) to that corner of a
shoal-net next to the land, which, by floating upon the water, shows where the net is. T
89/90-64 We went up—everything gone. Not a grapel, n'ar a bobber, and went in 'gain
the rocks where the end was tied on to, here was one cork. T 172/4-65 To take a berth,
take a rope, tie a bobber on un, hang un over the slip in your trap berth. Well that was
your trap berth. Every Newfoundlander 'd respect that. P 5-67 ~ float on a salmon or
herring net. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 175 Bobbers. Round balls used to hold up cod traps; pieces
of cork or wood used to hold up trawls and keep the lines in the same area. C 75-63
Lobster pot swings are the line[s] connected to a pot so that it can be hauled out of the
water. The swing contained a buoy at the end and a bobber in the middle. A bobber was a
small buoy [that] was always under water and the purpose was to keep the swing from
hooking into the bottom. 1979 TIZZARD 95 He usually put the little stove back here
[in the boat], pieces of rope and a bobber or two.
2
Bull-head lily, a type of water lily (Nuphar variegatum) (1956 ROULEAU 27).
3 Phr watch your bobber: keep alert! (P 108-76).
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