English Explanatory Dictionary

purse seine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.

Word forms

purse seine purse seines
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