trawling

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noun

A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.

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Meanings

nountrawling (countable and uncountable, plural trawlings)

plural trawlings

  1. countableuncountableA commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
  2. countableuncountableA laborious search.

    No longer would he have to fear the deportation of Gerald Haxton, who as an American was constantly running that risk in his trawlings through the bars of London.

    2011, Christopher Hitchens, Arguably
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trawl

Translations

Catalan pesca d'arrossegament
  • pesca d'arrossegamentfishing technique
French chalutage
  • chalutagefishing technique
German Schleppnetzfischerei
  • Schleppnetzfischereifishing technique
Portuguese arrastão, pesca de arrasto
  • arrastãofishing technique
  • pesca de arrastofishing technique
Spanish pesca de arrastre
  • pesca de arrastrefishing technique
Tagalog pamamalakaya
  • pamamalakayafishing technique
Cite this entry
APA

trawling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trawling

MLA

“trawling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trawling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trawling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trawling.

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