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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