seinern.
/ˈseɪnə/, U.S. /ˈseɪnər/ A fisherman who uses a seine, or one employed to haul in a seine. Also a seine-boat.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using seine-net
seiner1602
blowser1816
shooter1855
seine-tender1856
seine-man1879
purse seiner1882
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > seine-netter
seine-boat1602
purse seiner1882
seiner1906
seine-netter1947
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β. 1874 E. W. H. Holdsworth Deep-sea Fishing 189 Then is the seaner's opportunity.1879 E. W. H. Holdsworth in Encycl. Brit. IX. 254/1 Besides these there is a small boat..from which the master seaner directs all the proceedings.1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32 The Sayners complayne..that these drouers worke much preiudice to the Commonwealth of fishermen, and reape thereby small gaine to themselues.
1776 Act 16 Geo. III c. 36 §25 The Hewer of such Seyne or Master Seyner thereof.
1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 173 The labours of the seiners..are rewarded by a catch of mackerel.
1884 M. MacDonald in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 571 A gentle ripple indicates their position..and is of great assistance to the seiners in setting their nets.
1906 J. B. Connolly Out of Gloucester 8 She's a seiner out of Gloucester.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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