Lexic.us

Definition of Trawler

1. Noun. A fisherman who use a trawl net.

2. Noun. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

Definition of Trawler

1. n. One who, or that which, trawls.

Definition of Trawler

1. Noun. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. ¹

2. Noun. A fisherman who uses a trawl net. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trawler

1. a boat used for trawling [n -S]

Medical Definition of Trawler

1. 1. One who, or that which, trawls. 2. A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trawler

travestied travesties travesty travestying travis travises travois travoise travoises trawl

trawl line trawl net trawlboat trawlboats trawled trawler (current term) trawlerman trawlermen trawlers trawley

trawleys trawling trawlings trawlnet trawlnets trawls trawlwarp trawlwarps trax traxanox

Literary usage of Trawler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The European War by Anthony Arnoux (1916)
"1170 5424 trawler 1055 406 trawler trawler trawler trawler 1924 3819 3422 trawler trawler trawler trawler trawler trawler trawler trawler trawler trawler ..."

2. Information Annual (1916)
"The trawler was unable to find the second boat of the Fulgent containing the ... The trawler Colombia was torpedoed and sunk off the Belgian coast, May I, ..."

3. The Dover Patrol 1915-1917 by Reginald Bacon (1919)
"CHAPTER V THE WORK OP THE trawlerS AND PADDLE MINE-SWEEPERS The formation of the trawler Patrol—Memorandum on traffic protection— Proposal to put the ..."

4. A Digest of Cases Relating to Shipping, Admiralty, and Insurance Law: From by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1899)
"A trawler with her gear down, fishing, is under wav. The Dunelm, 53 LJ, ... —A trawler carrying awhile light at the masthead, as well as sidelights, ..."

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