A line used for bottom-fishing. ? Obsolete.

a fishing bait which is made to remain in one place (also attributive); so ledger-hook, ledger-line, ledger-tackle.

Angling. A fishing line made of twisted hair. Obsolete.

also attributive as in kipping-line, ? some kind of fishing line; cf. kip-, comb._form.

a line for fly-fishing.

Angling. A line with baited hooks set to catch fish at night.

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

†(a) Angling a long fishing line bearing numerous hooks (obsolete rare); (b) a railway line.

Angling. = night line, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

(a) see sense 4e; (b) a fishing-line used with the loop-rod (loop-rod n.) to which it is attached by a loop.

A submerged or floating line fastened at one end only.

A kind of line used in herring fishing: see quot. 1882.

Fishing. A line stretched across the river or stream, used in cross-fishing (see cross-, comb._form affix 2).

A fishing line without weights or floats, used for fishing with the bait (often relatively large bait, sometimes live) attached directly to the hook.

Angling. An (unweighted) line which trails behind a boat at a relatively shallow depth.

A wire, cable, line, etc., consisting of several or many strands; spec. a fishing line of this kind (a proprietary name in the United Kingdom).

Angling. An angler who uses a flatline; (also) a flatline. Cf. flatline, n. 2.