Terminology record for fishing trawler
RECORD
| Record No.: | 168/en/305 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
| Creation date: | |
| Last updated: | 2023-01-28 00:00:00 |
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| TERM | * Fishing trawler status: recommended
* trawler (noun) status: accepted | |||
| PART OF SPEECH | noun | |||
| PLURAL | Fishing trawlers ; Trawlers ; | |||
| ETYMOLOGY | First Known Use 1629. From trawl and -er; from Dutch tragelen, ‘to trawl’; from Middle Dutch traghelen, ‘to drag’; from Middle Dutch traghel, ‘dragnet’; from Classical Latin tragula, ‘dragnet’ | |||
| ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). | |||
| DEFINITION |
a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. They are often a type of powerboat, designed for long-distance cruising, and drag funnel-shaped trawl nets through the water to catch fish or shellfish. | |||
| DEFINITION SOURCE | Fishterm | |||
