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trawler Definition

trawler (trôlər)

noun

a boat used in trawling

trawler Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • catch: Large bass may take several decades to grow and so once caught by trawlers they will not be replaced.

Converse of object

  • sink: We also heard about the cow which sank the trawler.
  • build: In the same year, ' Hawk ' , the first Scottish purpose built steam trawler, was launched at Leith.

Adjective modifier

  • pelagic: From small one man vessels up to large pelagic trawlers.
  • stern: The vessel is a 48 meter stern trawler with 15 persons on board.
  • Icelandic: The James Barrie was a 666 ton Icelandic trawler at 45 meters.
  • converted: I joined the first minesweeper, a converted trawler, at Grimsby.
  • armed: He was spotted by the armed trawler Dorothy Gray.
  • Belgian: Yet Belgian trawlers had been exempted from the ban.

Modifies a noun

  • skipper: Well known and used by trawler skippers, Iceland was worked all the year round by many skippers.
  • fleet: Dundee had the third largest trawler fleet in Scotland.
  • fishing: One offense of a large trawler fishing inside the District.
  • crew: Trawler crews often spent days chopping ice off the ship and rigging to reduce the danger of overturning due to Top Hamper.
  • net: They have a large wing span, so can easily become caught in trawler nets.

Noun used with modifier

  • minesweeping: The convoy with its twelve escorts would proceed to Dungeness where the Dover Command escorts, minesweeping trawlers, would relieve those from Portsmouth.
  • deep-sea: Many deep-sea trawlers now have active trawl doors that can be adapted remotely whilst on the seabed.
  • steam: Behind them is a steam trawler, which has unloaded its catch.
  • prawn: Today, 14 boats, both lobster boats and prawn trawlers, fish from the harbor.
  • beam: She was the first beam trawler in the Boston fleet.
  • fishing: John Hill 2nd Hand of the fishing trawler " Swansea Castle " gave his evidence.

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