longline

alternative long-line

1. not comparablebusinesslonger than usual; especially reaching to the hips

   Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.

   1953, Farm Journal, volume 77

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   In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.

   2007, Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides, page 5

plural longlines · alternative long-line

1. fishingGear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.
2. firefightingA long cable used to raise or lower loads from a helicopter when landing is not possible.

present singular third person longlines · participle present longlining · participle past longlined · past longlined · alternative long-line

1. To fish with a line of this kind.

   The Japanese, always on the prowl for something else to take out of the sea, have been longlining sharks for years, and eating them in a variety of ways.

   1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144

plural longlines

1. A slackline which runs a considerable distance