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Definition of Trotline
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
Definition of Trotline
1. Noun. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trotline
1. a strong fishing line [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trotline
Literary usage of Trotline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Laws of the State of Kansas by Kansas (1861)
"A throw line is hereby declared to be a trotline within the meaning of law: And
provided further, It shall be unlawful for any person to set or have set any ..."
2. The Giant Hand: Our Mobilization and Control of Industry and Natural by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The Northern Barrage, on its huger scale, was like the trotline which a barefooted
fisherman sets at night in the Mississippi River for catfish. ..."
3. Report of the Commission of Fisheries of Virginia by Virginia Commission of Fisheries (1922)
"Careful observations on numerous crab pot and trotline catches, in which counts
were made of the sex, size and condition of thousands of crabs, ..."
4. The Essentials of English Composition by James Weber Linn (1916)
"... "Three Years on the Scrub Team" may fall right into your experience. "
Three Good Friends of Mine," "trotline Fishing in the Mississippi," "A Vacation ..."
5. History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio by Alfred Emory Lee, W.W. Munsell & Co (1892)
"Father went down to the river to examine a trotline; my mother stood in the door,
holding a candle for him. I shall never forget her appearance; ..."
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