trotline
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtrɒtˌlaɪn/
- Specialized
- I'd never seen a trotline before.
- bait a trotline
- set out your trotline
- check the trotlines
Examples
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I was gonna try and run a trotline this afternoon.
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I ought to check the trotlines.
Fiction book (1999) -
Think they were running a trotline?
Fiction book (1991) -
Every night as lightning flashed like some rapid code above the horizon of trees, they'd be out on the boat, setting a trotline from the end of their dock to a branch hanging over the water.
Fiction book (1996) -
We had eight trotlines that stretched out ten meters from the end of the dock to posts I'd sunk in the chest-deep water.
Fiction book (1999) -
Each trotline's a pulley that supports a dozen hooked leaders dangling in the water, held to one-meter depth with plastic floaters.
Fiction book (1999) -
To catch more fish, make sure your trotline is properly baited and set at the right depth.
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He checked his trotline every morning to see how many fish he had caught overnight.
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By using a trotline, anglers can efficiently fish over a large area with multiple hooks.
Synonyms
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2.0
A strong thin string used to catch fish with a hook
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2.3
A strong thin cord used to catch fish with a fishing rod
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8.7
A long fishing line with many short lines and hooks that hangs between buoys
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6.1
A long fishing line with many short lines and hooks used to catch fish
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8.0
A fishing line with bait on hooks that people leave in the water overnight to catch fish
A long fishing line with many short lines and hooks hung between buoys to catch fish
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Etymology
Trotline is made of trot and line, with line meaning 'a long cord' used for fishing. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a long cord with many baited hooks along it, so a trotline is a long fishing line with many hooks to catch lots of fish at once.