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trawl-net
trawl-net [f. trawl n. or v. + net n.1] 1. A fishing-net used in trawling; esp. = trawl n. 1.1696 Phil. Trans. XIX. 350 Here [Lincolnshire] are also good plenty of large Soals, taken in Troul-Nets, the Smacks being under Sail trailing them along. 1769 Pennant Zool. III. 190 They [soles] are usually ...
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trollnet
† ˈtrollnet Obs. rare—1. A kind of net declared illegal in the Act cited. It is doubtful whether it is connected with trawl, trawler, trawl-net, or trail v., since it seems to relate to fishing for river fish which are not caught with drag-nets or by trawling; but cf. trawler-man (trawler 3).1558 Ac...
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Loch Fyne
In the mid-19th century, Loch Fyne was the centre of the battle between the traditional drift-net fishermen and the new trawl-net fishermen who sprang
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trawler
trawler (ˈtrɔːlə(r)) [f. trawl v. + -er1.] 1. One who trawls; one who fishes (a) orig. with a trawl or trawl-net; (b) in W. of Scotl., etc. as in trawl v. 2; (c) in U.S. with a trawl-line.1599 [implied in trawler boat: see 3]. 1630 [see trawl n. 2, v. 1]. 1652 Order Council of State May 31–June 10 i...
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Jeremiah Coghlan
Although the expedition was a great success, Coghlan himself was badly wounded; after being caught up in a trawl-net, he had a pike driven through his
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trawling
trawling, vbl. n. (ˈtrɔːlɪŋ) [f. trawl v. + -ing1.] Fishing with a trawl-net or beam-trawl; also, the action of trawl v. in other applications. Also attrib. as trawling apparatus, trawling sloop, trawling smack, etc.1561 [see trawl v. 1]. 1689 [see trinking]. 1823 Byron Juan xiii. cvi. note, Even ne...
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trawl
▪ I. trawl, n. (trɔːl) Also 7 trall, (troul, 8–9 trowl). [Origin and age obscure. If quot. 1481–90 belongs here, trawelle might be related to rare MDu. traghel drag-net (in Teuthonista 1475), referred by Verwijs and Verdam ult. to L. tragula drag-net. But the MS. reading is indistinct, and some woul...
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trawl
trawl/trɔ:l; trɔl/ n1 (also `trawl-net) large net with a wide opening, dragged along the bottom of the sea by a boat (渔船用的)拖网.2 (also `trawl line, `setline) (US) long fishing line, used at sea, to which many short lines with hooks are attached (海上捕鱼用的)排钩. trawl, v1(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) fish with ...
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trolling
▪ I. trolling, vbl. n. (ˈtrəʊlɪŋ) Also 5–9 trowling, 6–8 trouling. [f. troll v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb troll in its various senses. I. 1. a. Rolling, revolution.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 503/1 Trollynge, or rollynge, volucio. 1613 Day Dyall v. (1614) 98 Concerning the Heavens they perceived such...
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fished
▪ I. fished, ppl. a.1 (fɪʃt) [f. fish v.1 + -ed1.] Only in fished-up fig. brought up.1849 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 366, I feel sure that the newly fished-up names would not be adopted.▪ II. fished, ppl. a.2 (fɪʃt) [f. fish v.2 + -ed1.] Strengthened, or fastened together, with a fish or fishe...
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moke
▪ I. moke1 dial. (məʊk) Also 7 pl. mockes. [Assumed sing. of mokes:—OE. máx net: see mesh.] A mesh of a net. Also pl. wicker-work.1604 Hastings Corpor. Rec. 4 Aug., in Cooper Sussex Gloss. (1853) 61 Any trawl-net, whereof the moak holdeth not five inches size throughout. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric., ...
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hose
▪ I. hose, n. (həʊz) Forms: sing. and collect. pl. 1 hosa, 3– hose; 3–6 hosse, 4–7 hoose, 5 hoyse, 5–6 Sc. hois, 6 hoys, Sc. hoss, hoiss, hoyss, hoess, howis, 6–8 hoase, 7 Sc. hoise, 8–9 erron. Sc. sing. ho. pl. α. 3– hosen, (5 hoosen, hausyn, hosin, 5–6 -yn, 6 -one, hozen); β. 4–7 hoses, (4 hoosis,...
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shank
▪ I. shank, n. (ʃæŋk) Forms: α. 1 sceanca, scanca, scance, 2–3 scanke, 3 (Ormin) shankk, 3–7 schank(e, shanke, 4 sschanke, 4–5 schanke, 6 shainke, shankke, sanke, shaunck, 6–7 shanck(e, 5– shank. β. 1 sconca, sconc, 3 sconke, shonke, (soncke), 3–4 schonke. [OE. sc(e)anca wk. masc. corresponds to LG....
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hole
▪ I. hole, n. (həʊl) Forms: 1–5 hol, 4– hole; also 5–6 hoole, Sc. hoill, hoil(e, 6 hooll(e, whole, 6–7 hoale, 8–9 Yorksh. dial. hoil. [OE. hol neut., inflected hol-e, hol-es, hol-u, a hollow place = OFris. OS., OHG. (MHG., MLG., MDu., Du.) hol (Ger. hohl), orig. neuter of hol, holl a., hollow. Also ...
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beam
▪ I. beam, n.1 (biːm) Forms: 1 béam, 2 bæm, beam, 3–4 bem, 4–5 beem, 4–6 beme, (5–6 Sc. beym(e, beim, 5–6 bealme), 6–7 beame, 6– beam. [Common Teutonic: OE. béam ‘tree,’ ‘plank,’ = OFris. bâm, OS. bâm, bôm, MDu., Du. boom, OHG., MHG. boum, Ger. baum ‘tree’:—West Ger. *baumo-z. The East Ger. words, G...
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