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▪ I. trolling, vbl. n.|ˈtrəʊlɪŋ|
Also 5–9 trowling, 6–8 trouling.
[f. troll v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb troll in its various senses.
I.
1. a. Rolling, revolution.
c1440Promp. Parv. 503/1 Trollynge, or rollynge, volucio. 1613Day Dyall v. (1614) 98 Concerning the Heavens they perceived such aequabilitie of motion, such turning and trolling of them.
†b. ‘Rolling’ or ‘streaming’ in; abundant influx. Obs.
1614T. Adams in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xiv. 1 Extortion batters in the usurer's affections by the trolling in of his moneys.
II.
2. Singing in the manner of a round, or in a jovial style; in quots. applied contemptuously to antiphonal singing.
1575Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford (1846) 206 The trollinge and descantinge of the Psalmes. 1586in Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 480 The service of God is grievously abused by..ringing and trowling of psalms from one side of the Choir to another.
III. 3. Angling. The action or practice of fishing by the methods described s.v. troll v. 13.
But in trolling-line (quot. 1888 in 4), app. confused with trawling; cf. trawling, trawl-net, trollnet.
1651–7T. Barker Art of Angling (1820) 22 The manner of his trouling was with a hasell rod. 1682[see troller 2]. 1725T. Taylor in Portland Papers VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 88 The late Duke..took great delight in that kind of fishing for them [pike] which is termed ‘trowling’. 1787Best Angling (ed. 2) 43 The walking bait is that which the fisher attends to himself, and is called trowling. 1860G. H. K. Vac. Tour. 167 If you..will go and spin a butterfish for lythe,..you will there first discover what sport trolling can be. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 62 In trolling from a boat at least 300 feet of line should be used. 1910H. T. Sheringham in Encycl. Brit. II. 28/2 The use of the drop-minnow, which is trolling on a lesser scale.
4. attrib. and Comb. (In sense 3), as trolling-bait, trolling-fly, trolling-hook, trolling-line, trolling-rod, trolling-spoon, trolling-tackle; trolling motor U.S., a motor suitable for a boat used in trolling (see troll v. 13 c); trolling pole N. Amer., a horizontal pole rigged on each side of a fishing boat in order to keep the lines clear of the propeller.
1891Cent. Dict., *Trolling-bait.
1898Blackw. Mag. Nov. 630/1 Many reaches of the Tay are fished by *trolling-fly.
1891Cent. Dict., *Trolling-hook.
1701Cowell's Interpr. s.v. Trawlerman, To trowle or trawle with a *Trowling-line for Pikes. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 187 They live at sea and are caught by the use of trolling-lines.
1964M. Weeks Compl. Boating Encycl. 530/1 *Trolling motor, a low-powered, slow-speed motor used for trolling. 1980Outdoor Life (U.S.) (Northeast ed.) Oct. 26/1 The latest high-thrust, 12-volt electric trolling motor, Thruster Plus from Mercury Marine, is the most efficient that I've tested to date.
1960M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds v. 97 Fishermen cut their *trolling poles from the forest... The poles must be between thirty and fifty feet long.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 103/1 A *Trowling Rod, or a Trowler, hath a ring at the end of the Rod for the Line to run through, when it runs off a Reele. 1844J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & W. xi, I..bought a short, strong trolling-rod.
1883Century Mag. XXVI. 382 The Florida bass are taken with the hand-line and *trolling-spoon.
1910H. T. Sherringham in Encycl. Brit. II. 28/2 (Angling), The traditional form of *trolling-tackle was such that the bait had to be swallowed by the pike before the hook would take hold.
▪ II. ˈtrolling, ppl. a.
[f. troll v. + -ing2.]
That trolls, in various senses of the vb.; rolling.
1581A. Hall Iliad iv. 73 A wood ful fit to forge the trolling wheeles Of chariots. 1607Lingua v. ix. L j b, The pleasing changes that a well tun'd Corde Of trowling bells will make. 1659Wood Life (O.H.S.) I. 287 His voice was a bass,..very strong and exceeding trouling, but he wanted skill. 1813T. Busby Lucretius II. v. 1792 Relieved by many a trolling song. |