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Synonyms for trawl


Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : trɔl



Définition of trawl

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Dutch tragelen, from Middle Dutch traghelen "to drag," from traghel "dragnet," probably from Latin tragula "dragnet." Related: Trawled; trawling.
  • verb fish
Example sentences :
  • Next they turned their attention to picking the trawl already in the water.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
  • What fry could evade the hook, the net, or the trawl of these men?
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • Anyhow, he says that you are to give a hand when we shoot and when we haul the trawl.'
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • By-the-bye, how do you pass the time away before hauling the trawl?'
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • He had seen enough to realize that pulling a trawl was no sinecure.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • She ran up alongside the Barracouta, where the boys were baiting their trawl.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • He was soon unhooking hake and coiling the trawl into its tub.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • He turned his back on the stranger and resumed baiting his trawl.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • If the night is clear you can sleep, except when the trawl is being got up.
  • Extract from : « For Name and Fame » by G. A. Henty
  • It's reminding me of my hauling of my first trawl on the Banks.
  • Extract from : « The Trawler » by James Brendan Connolly

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