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Examples
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JAKE HARRIS: They fill a brailer up and then they weigh a brailer.
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A brailer lifts a catch of mostly carp during the traditional fish haul of the Bosilecky pond in the village of Bosilec, Czech Republic, Nov. 7, 2011.
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(of netting) (de filet) (de la red) brailer salabarde salabardo branchline avanon brazolada breaking load rsistance A la rupture resistencia a la rotura bull trawl chalut-boeuf baca bunt poche copo
Chapter 5 1983
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There were lines, there were brailer bags, heavy pieces of steel flying everywhere. "
The Seattle Times 2010
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There were lines, there were brailer bags, heavy pieces of steel flying everywhere. "
The Seattle Times 2010
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There were lines, there were brailer bags, heavy pieces of steel flying everywhere. "
The Seattle Times 2010
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There were lines, there were brailer bags, heavy pieces of steel flying everywhere. "
The Seattle Times 2010
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There were lines, there were brailer bags, heavy pieces of steel flying everywhere. "
The Seattle Times 2010
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There were lines, there were brailer bags, heavy pieces of steel flying everywhere. "
The Seattle Times 2010
chained_bear commented on the word brailer
"But eventually the Independence's crew was able to hoist down the brailers into the hold, and their workers stood on the crabs while pitching them into the canvas-sided containers; each was weighed and tallied as it was lifted out."
—Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand with Malcolm MacPherson, Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs, 208
See also brail up.
June 22, 2008