trawl

Meaning

Noun

1. A net or dragnet used for trawling.
2. A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
2. (intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.
3. (intransitive) To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

Synonyms

dragnet

trawl net

net

seine

trotline

setline

trawl line

fish

🐟

spiller

trawl-net

snare

trammel

angle

network

catch fish

go fishing

fishnet

enclosure

dredge

drag-net

night-line

catch fish with a trawl

fish with a purse seine

otter trawl

bob

Translations

chalut

Schleppnetz

chaluter

τράτα

red de arrastre

durchforsten

drague

rastrear

draga

rete a strascico

ανεμότρατα

σαγήνη

αλιεύω

rastrejar

ψαρεύω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɔːl/

Etymology

Cognate with English: drag

In summary

16th century, borrowed from Dutch tragelen (“to pull with a towline, trawl”), from Middle Dutch traghelen, from traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from Latin tragula (“dragnet”)), and as such root-cognate with English drag and dray.