TROTLINE

Meaning of TROTLINE in English

/trot"luyn'/ , n.

a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.

[ 1825-35; perh. TROT 1 + LINE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TROTLINE — noun Etymology: probably from 2trot Date: 1826 setline
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROTLINE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: probably from trot (II) + line : setline 1 ; especially : a comparatively short setline used …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROTLINE — n. long fishing line
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TROTLINE — noun Etymology: probably from trot (II) Date: 1826 : setline ; especially : a comparatively short setline used near shore …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROTLINE — [trot.line] n [prob. fr. [2]trot] (1826): setline; esp: a comparatively short setline used near shore or along streams
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TROTLINE — n. Pronunciation: ' trät- ˌ l ī n Function: noun Etymology: probably from 2 trot Date: 1826 : SETLINE especially …
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TROTTER — I. ˈträd.ə(r), -ätə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English trotter, from trotten to trot + -er — more at …
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TROT — I. ˈträt, usu -äd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from troter to trot 1. a. …
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OUTLINE — I. ˈau̇tˌlīn noun Etymology: out (III) + line 1. a. : a line that marks the outer limits of an …
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CROSSLINE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cross (II) + line : a line that crosses something: as a. : a trotline set …
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SETLINE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a long heavy fishline consisting of one or more skates of gear that is anchored at …
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TROT — trot 1 /trot/ , v. , trotted, trotting , n. v.i. 1. (of a horse) to go at a gait …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROT — I. ˈträt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROT — [trot] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. troter to trot, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG trotton to tread, OE tredan] …
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OUTLINE — [out.line] n (1662) 1 a: a line that marks the outer limits of an object or figure: boundary b: shape …
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