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trawl

[trawl] ,
–noun
1. Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom.
2. Also called trawl line. a buoyed line used in sea fishing, having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals.
–verb (used without object)
3. to fish with a net that drags along the sea bottom to catch the fish living there.
4. to fish with a trawl line.
5. to troll.
–verb (used with object)
6. to catch with a trawl net or a trawl line.
7. to drag (a trawl net).
8. to troll.

Origin:
1475–85; < MD tragel (n.), tragelen (v.); c. trail


trawl⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trawl⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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set·line   (sět'līn')   
n.  A long fishing line towed by a boat and supporting many smaller lines bearing baited hooks. Also called trawl, trawl line, trotline.
trawl line  
n.  See setline.
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Word Origin & History

trawl 
1561, from Du. tragelen, from M.Du. traghelen "to drag," from traghel "dragnet," probably from L. tragula "dragnet." Trawler is from 1599.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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