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trawl

UK/tɹɔːl/ US/tɹoːl/ rare
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

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2.

a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

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verb

1.

fish with trawlers

Origin

16th century, borrowed from Dutch tragelen (“to pull with a towline, trawl”), from Middle Dutch traghelen, from traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from Latin tragula (“dragnet”)), and as such root-cognate with English drag and dray.

Phrases

  • pelagic trawl
  • trawl whiting

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