setline

setline
noun
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
Syn: ↑trawl, ↑trawl line, ↑spiller, ↑trotline
Derivationally related forms: ↑trawl (for: ↑trawl)
Hypernyms: ↑fishing line

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a long heavy fishline consisting of one or more skates of gear that is anchored at either end and marked with buoys and used chiefly for bottom fishing — called also groundline

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setˈline noun
Any of various kinds of fishing-line suspended between buoys, etc, and having shorter baited lines attached to it
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