FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Fishing trawler' (1 record(s))
RECORD 1
RECORD No. | 168 |
AUTHOR | ELAD D. F. |
DATE OF CREATION | |
LAST UPDATE | 2023-01-28 00:00:00 |
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TERM | * Fishing trawler statut: préféré ; * trawler (noun) statut: admis | ||||
PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||
PLURAL | Fishing trawlers ; Trawlers ; | ||||
ETYMOLOGY | First Known Use 1629. From trawl and -er; from Dutch tragelen, ‘to trawl’; from Middle Dutch traghelen, ‘to drag’; from Middle Dutch traghel, ‘dragnet’; from Classical Latin tragula, ‘dragnet’ | ||||
ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). | ||||
DEFINITION |
a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. They are often a type of powerboat, designed for long-distance cruising, and drag funnel-shaped trawl nets through the water to catch fish or shellfish. | ||||
DEFINITION SOURCE | Fishterm |