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Synonyms for trawling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : trawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : trɔl |
Définition of trawling
Origin :- 1560s, from Dutch tragelen, from Middle Dutch traghelen "to drag," from traghel "dragnet," probably from Latin tragula "dragnet." Related: Trawled; trawling.
- verb fish
- The older fishermen have a safe and effective way of trawling from the strand.
- Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson
- He was going out all night trawling, and might be busy for some days to come.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
- Can a man follow the winter trawling long and not think of it at times?
- Extract from : « The Trawler » by James Brendan Connolly
- They only form a small portion of English and Irish trawling vessels.
- Extract from : « A Yacht Voyage Round England » by W.H.G. Kingston
- On January 31 a trawling was made in one hundred and twelve fathoms.
- Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
- August was the month for bathing, for yachting, for trawling.
- Extract from : « The Honorable Miss » by L. T. Meade
- Such is the routine of trawling when weather and all the fates are propitious.
- Extract from : « American Merchant Ships and Sailors » by Willis J. Abbot
- Cod and haddock are taken here in small amounts by trawling.
- Extract from : « Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine » by Walter H. Rich
- Trawling is done in March for cod, and this is also a cod ground in April.
- Extract from : « Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine » by Walter H. Rich
- These grounds have been thought to lie too rough for trawling.
- Extract from : « Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine » by Walter H. Rich
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