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The definition of a trawl is a large, baglike net for fishing or a long line supported by buoys from which multiple fishing lines are hung.

(noun)

An example of a trawl is a huge net for catching many fish at once.

Trawl is defined as to fish or catch with a large, baglike net.

(verb)

An example of trawl is to catch many fish in a large net.

See trawl in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a large, baglike net dragged by a boat along the bottom of a fishing bank
also trawlnet
☆ a long line supported by buoys, from which many short fishing lines are hung
also trawl line
Chiefly Brit. a thorough search

Origin: < ? MDu traghel, dragnet < ? L tragula: see trail

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to fish or catch with a trawl
Chiefly Brit. to make a thorough search (of): often with through: to trawl a biography for telling anecdotes

See trawl in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A trawl net.
See setline.

verb trawled, trawl·ing, trawls

verb, transitive

To catch (fish) with a trawl.

verb, intransitive

To fish with a trawl.
To troll.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly Middle English trawelle

Origin: , perhaps from Middle Dutch tragel, dragnet

Origin: , possibly from Latin trāgula

Origin: , from trahere, to drag

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