meaning of trawl
1. To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
2. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc. ; a boulter.
3. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
4. a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
Related Words
trawl | trawl line | trawl net | trawlboat | trawler | trawlerman | trawlermen | trawlnet | trawlwarp |
