seined

Variant of seine

noun

a large fishing net with floats along the top edge and weights along the bottom

Origin: ME seyne < OE segne < early WGmc borrowing < L sagena < Gr sagēnē < IE base *twak-, to enclose tightly

transitive verb, intransitive verb seined, seining

to fish with a seine

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