English Explanatory Dictionary

almadraba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
  2. An arrangement of nets for this purpose.

Word forms

almadraba almadrabas

Etymology

From Spanish almadraba.

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