A boat used for fishing for prawns.
Example sentencesExamples
- Of the very few boats that did venture out a handful of prawners managed one day's fishing for the first two weeks of the month.
- Meanwhile a large percentage of the Portavogie prawners continued to persevere in the Clyde usually managing to get a full week's work in and landing into Campbelltown before coming home most Fridays for the weekend.
- Some Kilkeel prawners however who made the long steam to grounds of the Cumbrian coast were rewarded with a fairly good fishing of good quality prawns.
- At this time of year Kilkeel prawners usually work in Dundalk Bay during the night hours and landing during the daytime.
- Kilkeel prawners stayed about the home grounds whereas a large number of the Portavogie boats travelled to the Clyde grounds where it is possible to get working most of the week even in bad weather.