2. Adjective. (context: female clothing) Longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Longline
1. a type of fishing line [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longline
Literary usage of Longline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path by Bertrand Le Gallic, Anthony Cox (2006)
"Italian quota of bluefin tuna is shared among longline, seine and ... Vessels
performing longline and seine tuna fishery shall be registered in the list of ..."
2. Fish Piracy: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing by OECD Staff, Committee for Fisheries (2004)
"Larger-sized tuna receive higher per-unit market price for sashimi and sushi,
and most of them are captured by longline fishing vessels. ..."
3. Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry by Frantz Peckel Møller, Peter Møller Heyerdahl (1895)
"Three different kinds of tackle are used in fishing for cod : the net, the
longline, and the handline. The net is considered a recent innovation, ..."
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