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Definition of Trawl line
1. Noun. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
Generic synonyms: Fishing Line
Derivative terms: Trawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trawl Line
Literary usage of Trawl line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"The trawl line, set line, ... A New England trawling schooner often lays out ten
to fourteen miles of trawl line. ..."
2. On the Zoological Position of Texas by Edward Drinker Cope (1880)
"Trawl-line rollers—Continued. 29488. Trawl-roller ami eye-plat«'. ... Tub for
trawl-line. (See under Trawl.) Line winder. Spools. KODS. . Line winder. ..."
3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"While trawl-line fishing was formerly employed almost exclusively for catching
... The trawl line consists of a strong ground-line 300 fathoms in length, ..."
4. Chimæroid Fishes and Their Development by Bashford Dean (1906)
"A trawl-line,* baited with squid or herring, ... Material brought up by the
trawl-line indicates, further, that such a favorable feeding-ground is closely ..."
5. Human Geography by Joseph Russell Smith (1921)
"Here they drop overboard one end of a trawl line. A trawl line is a heavy cord
about hah* a mile long, and is carried coiled up ..."
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