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Meanings of trawl line in English

A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

        Usage of trawl line in English
        1
        The bow pulley in each dory fairly chuckled with delight as the trawl line was pulled over it.
        Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
        2
        Mr. Samuel Wiley, of Gloucester, in September 1893, caught a salmon at sea off Gloucester on a trawl line fished for hake.
        New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 1...
        3
        In December, 1891, a salmon weighing 28 pounds was caught on a cod trawl line set near Halfway Rock, off Salem Harbor, Mass.
        New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 1...
        4
        Mr. Mayo states that these were the first salmon ever taken on trawl lines in that region.
        New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 1...
        5
        Hake are found in the deep water on the W. and SW. in spring, summer, and fall; trawl lines principally are used here.
        Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine