trawl net
- noun
- /trɔl nɛt/
- Specialized
:
red de arrastre
- This species is frequently taken together with the Pacific grenadier in bottom trawl nets and is reported to have a wide depth range of 110-1,185 fm (200-2,170 m) (Novikov, 1970).
- bottom trawl net
Examples
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The mouth of a midwater trawl is wider than that of a demersal trawl, and consequently, more seals are likely to be caught in the net than in other trawl nets.
Academic text (1994) -
The smaller mesh of the midwater trawl net means that less of the entrapped fish protrude, and they are therefore not easily accessible to seals.
Academic text (1994) -
When closed, the net would behave the same as a typical bottom trawl net.
Academic text (1995) -
The shrimp are taken with trawl nets towed at night; the minimum mesh size allowed by law is 3 cm.
Academic text (1996) -
The trawl nets are torn when they are towed over the shells (Chirinos 19).
Academic text (1996) -
The nets have a mesh aperture significantly larger than that of the trawl net and are considered selective and less damaging (REVIZEE, 2005).
Academic text (2018) -
In the 1960s, the once-common totoaba vanished, overfished and killed off as bycatch in shrimpers' dredge and trawl nets.
Academic text (2007) -
The fisherman cast his trawl net into the water, hoping to catch enough fish for the evening meal.
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Using a trawl net allowed us to catch various species of fish from the deep ocean floor.
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They quickly pulled in the trawl net filled with shrimp after a night of fishing.
Synonyms
5
1.4
A net people pull through water to catch fish
2
5.1
A large net or line with hooks that fishermen drag through water to catch fish
A large cone shaped net fishermen drag through the water to catch fish
How Big
- Specialized
- Specialized
3
5.1
- Specialized
1
9.7
5
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'trawl' denotes a type of towed fishing gear and 'net' denotes a mesh device for catching, so 'trawl net' straightforwardly means a net used for trawling. This noun+noun modifier pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Trawl net is a name for a big cone-shaped net that fishermen trawl by dragging it behind a boat, so it scoops up fish from deep water or the sea bottom. That's why trawl net means 'a large net pulled through the water to catch fish'.