seine
see also: Seine
Pronunciation
Seine
Pronunciation
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see also: Seine
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /seɪn/
seine (plural seines)
- A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
- 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 21:
- We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 169:
- They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.
- 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 21:
- French: seine
- German: Ringwadennetz, Schleppnetz
- Russian: не́вод
seine (seines, present participle seining; past and past participle seined)
- (ambitransitive) To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
Seine
Pronunciation
- IPA: /seɪn/, /sɛn/
- A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
- A former department in France, the capital city of which was Paris.
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