Definition of Trawling

1. Verb. (present participle of trawl) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trawling

1. trawl [v] - See also: trawl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trawling

travois
travoise
travoises
trawl
trawl line
trawl net
trawlboat
trawlboats
trawled
trawler
trawlerman
trawlermen
trawlers
trawley
trawleys
trawling (current term)
trawlings
trawlnet
trawlnets
trawls
trawlwarp
trawlwarps
trax
traxanox
tray
tray-table
tray-trip
tray bon
tray cloth
traybake

Literary usage of Trawling

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

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"THE trawling COMMISSION AND OUR FISH-SUPPLY. trawling, though a familiar word, has not hitherto been one of much meaning to the general public. ..."

2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Campbeltown Sheriff's Judgment on trawling. MR. MORTON (Sutherland) : I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that, in a case of illegal ..."

3. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1887)
"FISHERY DEPARTMENT (ENGLAND AND WALES)— BEAM trawling. ... to regulate or suspend beam trawling within territorial waters where it is desirable so to do, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1894)
"trawling operations were commenced at the end of last April off Lakes Entrance, ... The trawling apparatus consisted of two trawl-heads of iron, ..."

5. The Harvest of the Sea by James Glass Bertram (1885)
"trawling. Description of the Trawl Net—Objections to trawling—Evidence Against and in Favour of trawling—Philosophy of the matter—The Round of Work on Board ..."

6. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"There are, however, many reasons for believing that trawling, to a limited extent, ... trawling, however, if it were practised by our ancestors, ..."

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