trawl
English
Etymology
16th century, borrowed from Dutch traghelen (“to drage”), traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tragula), and as such root-cognate with drag.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːl
- Homophone: troll (some dialects)
Noun
trawl (plural trawls)
- A net or dragnet used for trawling. [from the 16th c.]
- A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
Derived terms
Verb
trawl (third-person singular simple present trawls, present participle trawling, simple past and past participle trawled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
- (intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.
- (intransitive) To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.
Related terms
Translations
To fish with a trawl
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To make an exhaustive search within a defined area
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