(n) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys), Syn. trotline, spiller, setline, trawl line
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
{ } A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing. [ 1913 Webster ]
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