Definition of "netting-needle" [netting-needle]

• A kind of shuttle used in netting. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Fill the netting-needle with the darkest shade of wool, and make for every point at the base of the corner the following seven loops: --"
• "A fine netting-needle, four knitting-needles, No. 14, and the same of No. 16."
• "As the good lady's cord lengthens, she fills her netting-needle, and when that is full, works it into her net."