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Webster 1913 Edition


Trawl

Trawl

,
Verb.
I.
[OF.
trauler
,
troller
, F.
trôter
, to drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf.
Troll
,
Verb.
T.
]
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.

Trawl

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


trawl

trawl

English

Noun

trawl (plural trawls)

  1. A net or dragnet used for trawling. [from the 16th c.]
  2. A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.

Derived terms

Verb

trawl (third-person singular simple present trawls, present participle trawling, simple past and past participle trawled)

  1. To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
  2. To fish from a slow moving boat.
  3. To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

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