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TRAWL LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trawl line mean?
• TRAWL LINE (noun)
The noun TRAWL LINE has 1 sense:
1. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
Familiarity information: TRAWL LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
setline; spiller; trawl; trawl line; trotline
Hypernyms ("trawl line" is a kind of...):
fishing line (a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached)
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