American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A vessel used for trawling.
- n. One who trawls.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who trawls, or fishes with a trawl-line or trawlnet.
- n. A vessel engaged in trawling. Trawlers for cod average about seventy tons burden.
- n. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
- n. A fisherman who uses a trawl net.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, trawls.
- n. A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
- n. a fisherman who use a trawl net
- n. a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
“That's one of the main Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.”
“In an Oct. 13 meeting with Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Obama said: ` ` Tell Raúl police Saturday detained 28 members of a far-right party who tried to disrupt an event held by a rival far-right tanker Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.”
“Where he got the money from to purchase a trawler was a mystery to most people, although it was discovered later that a betting-man was in partnership with him.”
“He was what is called a trawler, and he and his men and boys used a different sort of net.”
“Taking her all in all our trawler was a good sort, one of the best.”
“(A smaller boat is called a trawler whether it is carrying people or fish.)”
“Police are monitoring the damaged fishing trawler, which is anchored to the police mooring at the Groote Eylandt Port.”
“Interestingly, the most serious threat to turtle populations was identified as trawler fishing which often inadvertently traps and kills turtles in nets.”
“She said three speed boats approached a trawler, which is based in the Basque port of Bermeo, as it fished with a crew of 20 just after nightfall.”
“And Yamanaka, the Tokyo-based maker of the hybrid engine for the trawler, which is called the Fish Eco, says the US and Europe are large potential markets.”
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