A long fishing-line armed with a large number of hooks.

A long fishing-line provided with a number of hooks; a trawl-line.

See quots.

= sense 7.

= spiller, n.3 1. Also in combinations.

(See quots.)

Fishing. (Perhaps a different word: cf. trat, n.) A long-line lightly anchored or buoyed, with baited hooks hung by short lines or snoods a few…

U.S. Applied to a buoyed line used in sea-fishing, having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals: see quot. 1864; a…

a fishing-line with baited hooks, pegged or anchored; also attributive.

see sense 3.

U.S. Fishing. A baited line anchored at either end and left out; a set-line.

a name on the east coast of England for a line having baited hooks hung along its length, laid near the water's edge, and fastened down at each…

U.S. Fishing. = set line n. at set, adj.1 compounds 1. rare.

(a) a line used in trout fishing; (b) U.S. = trot-line n. at trot, n.1 compounds.