trawl
16th century, borrowed from Dutch traghelen, traghel ("dragnet") (presumably from Latin tragula), and as such root-cognate with drag. Pronunciation Noun
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16th century, borrowed from Dutch traghelen, traghel ("dragnet") (presumably from Latin tragula), and as such root-cognate with drag. Pronunciation 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.
trawl (trawls, present participle trawling; past and past participle trawled)
- (ambitransitive) 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.
- French: chaluter
- Italian: pescare con rete a strascico, sciabicare
- French: passer au peigne fin
- Russian: прочёсывать
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