trot·line

(trŏt′līn′)

[Perhaps from trot.]

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trotline

(ˈtrɒtˌlaɪn)

(Angling) angling a long line suspended across a stream, river, etc, to which shorter hooked and baited lines are attached. Compare trawl² See also setline

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trot•line

(ˈtrɒtˌlaɪn)

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; perhaps trot¹ + line¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

trotline - a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

setline, trawl, trawl line, spiller

fishing line - a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached

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At a grow site in July, he found a fisher that had died from eating one of many poisoned hot dogs strung around the site on a trotline. A state game warden raiding a grow in 2011 discovered a black bear and her cubs convulsing on the ground, having eaten into a stash of pesticides.

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When father was there he set a fixed trotline of hooks across the mouth of the strand and in the morning he often had fish--plaice, dabs, flounder, bass.

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He set up camp in the swampland and built a log cabin, setting up a trotline for food.

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