Retiary

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

2. A retiarius.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.

2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.

3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.