Object

• net: Don't forget to trawl the net for free delivery codes.

• archives: But will trawl the archives I have in odd books and photos to see if I can find anything.

• Internet: Spend at least an afternoon trawling the internet to get quotes.

• gear: These small mounds and their coral growths are particularly vulnerable to the heavy trawling gear used in deep water.

Preposition: for

• bass: Two sea anglers recently reported seeing pair trawling for bass taking place just two miles off Start Point, Devon.

Preposition: through

• archives: All the present members use video, but occasionally the film projector is brought out for a nostalgic trawl through the archives.

• hundred: Is research just a matter of typing a phrase into Google then trawling through the hundreds of search results.

• websites: A quick trawl through the websites of the Sunday papers.

Adjective modifier

• pelagic: Pilot whales have been caught in pelagic trawls in the northern North Sea.

• demersal: A mixed demersal trawl How are Demersal Fish Caught?

• quick: A quick trawl through the websites of the Sunday papers.

Modifies a noun

• winch: The trawl winch system is arranged for regenerative braking.

• fishery: The bottom trawl fishery west of Shetland has two main components.

• warp: To this stopper is shackled the independent wire which in turn is shackled to the flat link in the end of the trawl warp.

• net: A power block was used to haul in the trawl net.

• gear: They are towed along the seabed in front of the main trawl gear.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• through: That's a lot of Web sites to trawl through!

Noun used with modifier

• mid-water: It was caught about 24 nautical miles east of Lizard Point, SW Cornwall in a mid-water pair trawl.

• otter: Photograph showing close-up of an otter trawl, taken around 1900 Open A steam winch was used to haul the trawls.

• beam: The beam trawl was the first type to be used.