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drail

[dreyl] Angling.
–noun
1. a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
–verb (used without object)
2. to fish by trolling with a drail.

Origin:
1625–35; Americanism; special use of obs. E, ME drail to drag along, appar. alter. of trail under influence of drag, draw, etc.
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