dragnet

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
2. Heightened efforts by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.

Verb

1. (transitive) To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
2. (transitive) To undertake heightened efforts to catch a suspect.

Concepts

chalut

seine

descente

drague

rafle

drège

gabare

Synonymes

trawl

seine

trawl net

raid

cordon

round-up

fishing net

swoop

drag-net

belt

drag net

dredge

enclosure

fishnet

net

rope

🪢

string bag

twine

Traductions

tartana

Schleppnetz

red de arrastre

arrastão

red barredera

rete a strascico

rede varredoura

sleepnet

rasca

-s

palangaro

cocchia

visnet

Strand-Schleppnetz

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à suédois: dragnät

Appartenant à norvégien: dragnett

Appartenant à islandais: dragnet

In summary

From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.