hand-linev.
/ˈhan(d)lʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌlaɪn/ 1. intransitive. Fishing. To fish with a handline (for a particular fish). Cf. hand-lining n. at handline n. Derivatives.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > fish with line
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1878 Documents & Proc. Halifax Comm. 1877 II. 2076 The trawling schooner is the same, and the same two are hand-lining.
1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries & Fishery Industries U.S. 88 Finger-stalls of rubber or wool worn by mackerel fishermen..when hand-lining for mackerel.
1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xix. 437 Old Macer..had to make the best of it by hand-lining off shore for whiting.
1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 7 Sept. 6/1 Peter began commercial fishing, handlining for cod.
1997 S. Junger Perfect Storm 23 The boats were anchored, and the men hand-lined over the side from the low midship rail.
2. intransitive. Angling. To pull in a fishing line by hand, as opposed to reeling it in.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > draw in with the hand
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1914 F. G. Shaw Compl. Sci. Fly Fishing & Spinning iii. 52 The position of the rod will prevent his playing his fish from the reel and he will have to handline.
1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 24 June 15/3 I was at one stage handlining in like fury to keep in touch and then suddenly as the fish passed us, was slipping line out to the running fish.
2010 D. Kinney Big One 155 He leaned the rod up against some tree roots and started hand-lining.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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