trawl

• “How long do you trawl, then Oh, not long,” he said, making his way back to the cabin. —  AHMM,March2008
• The Manta trawl is designed to skim the surface, while being pulled by a control line that attaches to the base of the opening. —  Scientific American
• Indeed, the pelicans enclosed the fish with their united wings in a regular line as close and compact as a trawl or drag-net. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
• Thus any one in them was caught like a mouse under a trap or knocked to pieces trying to swim among the rushing, tossing boats As a rule we hauled at midnight, and it was always a fresh source of wonder, for the trawl was catholic in its embrace and brought up anything that came in its way.
• We get them, sometimes, in the trawl--not shoals of 'em, but single fish, which we call horse mackerel After tea, the skipper lit his pipe; and his wife, after clearing up, took some knitting, and sat down and began to question the new apprentice It's lucky, for you, you found such a good friend," she said, when he had finished his story.

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