trawl
verb [T] (FISH) /trɔːl/
/trɑːl/ Definition
› to pull a large, cone-shaped net through the sea at a deep level behind a special boat in order to catch fish: They trawl these waters for cod.Commercial fishingFishing
(Definition of trawl verb (FISH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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