English Explanatory Dictionary

longline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
noun
  1. Gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.
  2. A long cable used to raise or lower loads from a helicopter when landing is not possible.
verb
  1. To fish with a line of this kind.
noun
  1. A slackline which runs a considerable distance

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-longline.wav

Word forms

longline long-line longlines longlining longlined

Etymology

From long + line.

Related words

hangs near sea surface sets along sea floor long line

Derived words

longliner
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