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purse seine
1noun
- a large seine, for use generally by two boats, that is drawn around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line passing through rings attached along the lower edge of the net.
- a technique of fishing that utilizes a purse seine to capture large schools of fish, especially tuna.
purse-seine
2[ purs-seyn ]
verb (used without object)
, purse-seined, purse-sein·ing.
- to fish using a purse seine.
purse seine
noun
- a large net towed, usually by two boats, that encloses a school of fish and is then closed at the bottom by means of a line resembling the string formerly used to draw shut the neck of a money pouch or purse
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- purse seiner noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of purse seine1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences
The gill-netters hung on the seiner's heels, because where the purse seine could get a haul so could they.
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I've seen something like this once, when a purse-seine was hauled.
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The light, once used for night purse seine fishing, was powered by a carbon arc.
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But at last he grew accustomed to the tall immovable stakes in the channel which supported the purse-seine.
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