FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Trawl net' (1 record(s))
RECORD 1
RECORD No. | 217 |
AUTHOR | ELAD D. F. |
DATE OF CREATION | |
LAST UPDATE | 2022-12-22 00:00:00 |
ENGLISH | |
SUBJECT FIELD | |
TERM | * Trawl net statut: préféré ; * trawl (noun) statut: admis |
PART OF SPEECH | noun |
PLURAL | Trawl nets ; Trawls ; |
ETYMOLOGY | From the verb trawl; 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). Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). |
DEFINITION |
a large net with a wide opening, that according to the type, is use at the bottom or in midwater(pelagic) in seas or oceans, dragged by one or many boats in order to catch fish (especially shrimps, catfish, etc). ** It is a towed net consisting of a cone-shaped body, closed by a bag or codend and extended at the opening by wings. It can be towed by one or two boats. |
DEFINITION SOURCE |
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 222 Rev.1 Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). Multilingual Dictionary of Fishing Gear |