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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. Subject field:

Fishing gears. (🏛 Hierarchy: Fisheries > Fishing > Fishing gears )

Fishing. (🏛 Hierarchy: Fisheries > Fishing )

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for fishing line, fishline and fishing-line: 🔊

fishing line: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ laɪn/;
lines: /laɪn/;
fishline: /fɪʃ laɪn/

1.3. Synonyms of fishing line:

2 international synonym(s) for fishing line. Notably:

🍧 Fishline 🔉 ▶
🍧 Fishing-line 🔉 ▶

1.4. Etymology of fishing line, fishline and fishing-line:

The term 'Fishing line', synonymous to fishline, and fishing-line, got into standard English in the late 16^th century. The earliest antique publications we could find that first used this term are:

Bibliothecae hispanicae pars altera containing a dictionarie in Spanish, English, and Latine ... By Richard Percyvall, Thomas Doyley, Richard Watkins (Londres) · published in 1591. Fishing line is used in page 139, in the excerpt: '.. fishing line , Linea pifcatoria . Sedeña , …'
Certaine very proper and most profitable similies, wherein sundrie, and very many, most foule vices and dangerous sinnes of all sorts, are plainly laid open. B.L. By Anthonie Fletcher · published in 1595. Fishing line is used in page 139, in the excerpt: ’.. fishing line go at all the length , vntill the fich do swal- low downe the hooke , and so worke hir owne deftruction ‘

'Fishline', a contracted form of fishing line, originated many years after - in the late 18^th century. One of the earliest publications which used ‘fishline’ dates back to 1801:

Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793 With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country ... By Alexander Mackenzie, William Combe · published in 1801. ‘Fishline’ is used in page 133 , in the excerpt: '.. Fishline - One – '

1.5. 🇫🇷 French translation of fishing line, fishline and fishing-line:

Ligne de pêche
Fil de pêche
Ligne à pêche
Fil à pêche

1.6. Definition of fishing line in fisheries:

Fishing line, also known as fishline, fishing-line, is defined as: a long, thin, strong string made of nylon, silk, wire, polyethylene or polyvinylidene fluoride ("fluorocarbon") that is attached to a fishing pole at one end, and to a hook/lure at the other end, and is used to catch fish.

1.7. Plural of fishing line:

Fishing lines; lines; fishlines;

2. Notes on fishing line

Types of fishing line

Types of fishing line based on filament:

Monofilament Fishing Line: made out of nylon extruded in a single, continuous filament and left untwisted, monofilament fishing line is a good all-around line that is smooth and a bit stretchy.
Braided Fishing Line / multifilament fishing line: stronger than monofilament line, it is a synthetic plastic fibre such as nylon or more specialty materials like Dacron, and is therefore more common for fishing larger species

Types of fishing line based on material:

Fluorocarbon Fishing Line: lines made of polyethylene or polyvinylidene fluoride and came to replace horsehair, which was used for fishing before the 1900s;
Wire Fishing Line: made of wire, either single strand or braided, and used in fishing toothy fish like mackerel and tuna

Sections of a fishing line

A fishing line is divided into the following 4 major sections:

Backing: is the rearmost section of the fishing line, which is mostly used only to "pad up" the spool of the fishing reel, in order to prevent unwanted slippage between the mainline and the (usually metallic and well polished) spool surface.
Mainline: the main section of the fishing line that primarily interacts with the rod, line guides and reel.
Leader: front-most section of the fishing line that is attached to the hook/lure, and most likely will be in actual physical contact with the fish.
Tippet or trace: used occasionally in fly-fishing, and serves as a secondary leader that threads to the much smaller and delicate fly hooks.