seine

plural seines · alternative sean · alternative archaic sein

1. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

   We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.

   1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 21

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   We learn from the Halifax papers that the catch of mackarel at St. Margaret's Bay, is enormous, varying from 120 to 300 barrels at a haul of the seines and nets, bidding fair to exceed all former years.

   1847, editorial staff, “Mackarel Fishery”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 66

   They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.

   1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 169

present singular third person seines · participle present seining · participle past seined · past seined · alternative sean · alternative archaic sein

1. ambitransitiveTo use a seine, to fish with a seine.

   This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.

   1974, James Whetter, Cornwall in the 17th Century: An Economic History of Kernow

1. A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
2. A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.