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Meanings of trotline in English

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

        Synonyms
        Examples for "trawl"
        Examples for "trawl"
        1
        The meshes vary in size according to the part of the trawl.
        A Yacht Voyage Round England
        2
        The trawl, formerly not much used here, is now in general use.
        Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
        3
        A quick trawl through college research highlights an amazing diversity of projects.
        The Irish Times
        4
        By September, an exhaustive trawl had come up with some CCTV footage.
        The Guardian
        5
        I trawl past D's building, peer through the windows into the foyer.
        Cleaving
        1
        Now another rough blood-spiller becomes the first new release to open in cinemas for over three months.
        The Irish Times
        2
        In this life, Comrade Spiller, we must be prepared for every emergency.
        Mike
        3
        Are we of this generation worthy descendants of tea spillers and abolitionists?
        Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence / The Best Speeches Delivered by...
        4
        Spiller advanced into the study; the others waited outside, crowding in the doorway.
        Mike
        5
        Ms Spiller said the focus was now on prioritising gang and gun-related violence.
        Radio NZ
        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
        Usage of trotline in English
        1
        They had caught the ruby-eyed creature on a deep trotline over the Monterey marine canyon.
        In the shadow of the cypress
        2
        Now I operate a trotline for catfish." Or a mother might boast, "Oh, yes, Oscar passed his college boards.
        Alas, Babylon
        3
        He and Jack liked to string trotlines then in the Coosa, up near the little town of Ohatchee.
        The prince of frogtown
        4
        "I know about lots of trotlines," he said, and laughed.
        The prince of frogtown
        5
        "You know anything about that trotline?" my father asked.
        The prince of frogtown
        Trotline through the time