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Trawl   Listen
noun
Trawl  n.  
1.
A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. (U. S. & Canada)
2.
A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.





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"Trawl" Quotes from Famous Books



... The trawl was down before nine. The skipper stood by his lead. Upton took the wheel, and all night they trawled in the shallows, bumping on the grounds, with a sharp eye for the Danish gun-boat. They hauled in at twelve and again at three and again at six, ...
— Ensign Knightley and Other Stories • A. E. W. Mason
... ran away from the other two boats, reached the Cerbere, found her with battle lanterns alight and men at quarters, and its crew at once jumped on board the Frenchman. Coghlan, as was proper, jumped first, landed on a trawl-net hung up to dry, and, while sprawling helpless in its meshes, was thrust through the thigh with a pike, and with his men—several also severely hurt—tumbled back into the boat. The British picked themselves up, hauled their boat a little ...
— Deeds that Won the Empire - Historic Battle Scenes • W. H. Fitchett


Words linked to "Trawl" :   fishing net, trawl line, spiller, trawl net, fishing line, fishnet


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