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Definition of Trawls
1. trawl [v] - See also: trawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trawls
Literary usage of Trawls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"trawls and trawling. Deep sea trawlers. F: W: Wallace, il. Outing. 62: 26-35.
Ap. 43. Naval battle with France. B. Sherburne. 11. Fishing fleet at Boston. ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"... 1 Author of the trawls of Anacharsis the Younger; in a Series of Letters
written to the celebrated Count ..."
3. Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax by Maurice Delfosse, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Alexander Tilloch Galt, United States Dept. of State (1878)
"The average cost for a season's work ui eight months is about 3000 Dollars or
3500, as including salt, Bait Provisions, trawls, lines. ..."
4. The Romance of the World's Fisheries: Interesting Descriptions of the Many by Sidney Harry Wright (1908)
"... and hand lines—trawls—drift-nets, seines, moored nets, and dredges—Pots —Another
important item: experience—The fascination of the fisherman's calling. ..."
5. Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Sophia, on the 30th of May, 1819, on the by Charles Cochelet (1822)
"60 trawls in Africa. In our situation, every thing new acquired great interest
in our eyes; a pair of Turkish slippers, which Seid wore, attracted our ..."
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