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Trawl

noun
1.
A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).  Synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl line, trotline.
2.
A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.  Synonyms: dragnet, trawl net.






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"Trawl" Quotes from Famous Books



... running short of fresh meat for the dogs. The seals and penguins seemed to have abandoned our neighbourhood altogether. Nearly five months had passed since we killed a seal, and penguins had been seen seldom. Clark, who was using his trawl as often as possible, reported that there was a marked absence of plankton in the sea, and we assumed that the seals and the penguins had gone in search of their accustomed food. The men got an ...
— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton



Words linked to "Trawl" :   fishing net, fish, fishnet, fishing line



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