Synonyms for trawl
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : trawl |
| 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
- 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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