longline
See also: long line
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Adjective
longline (not comparable)
- (female clothing) longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
- 1953, Farm Journal (volume 77)
- Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.
- 2007, Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides (page 5)
- In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.
- 1953, Farm Journal (volume 77)
Noun
longline (plural longlines)
- (fishing) gear consisting of a long and thick main line, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods (or gangions)
Related terms
Translations
very long fishing line with multiple hooks
Verb
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- To fish with a line of this kind.
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144:
- The Japanese, always on the prowl for something else to take out of the sea, have been longlining sharks for years, and eating them in a variety of ways.
Etymology 2
Noun
longline (plural longlines)
- A slackline which runs a considerable distance
See also
- long line (in mathematics)