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haulback

8.1

Pulling in a fishing line or net after it is set

noun

Specialized

: recogida

After several hours of fishing, the crew started the haulback to see what they had caught.

Examples

During the haulback, the team worked together to pull in the heavy cable.
The haulback of the net was difficult due to the strong current.
The haulback was completed just in time!
The fisherman made a quick haulback.
After several hours of fishing, the crew started the haulback to see what they had caught.
The haulback of the net was difficult due to the strong current.
During the haulback, the team worked together to pull in the heavy cable.

Antonyms

release

149 3.6

The act of letting a liquid, gas, or energy flow out

How Forceful

heave

4 5.5

to drag

704 2.0

haulback

Specialized

8.1

retrieval

5 3.9

Surface Forms

haulback singular

haulbacks plural

Morphology

haulback = haul (transparent) = back + haul

The action sense is a straightforward nounization of the verb phrase 'haul back' (to pull in), which is directly interpretable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'back' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Haulback combines haul ('to pull') and back ('towards you' or 'again'), so it simply means the action of 'pulling back' a fishing line, net, or cable to bring it in.