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Noun: trawl  trol
  1. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
    - trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline
     
  2. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
    - dragnet, trawl net
Verb: trawl  trol
  1. Fish with trawlers

Derived forms: trawling, trawls, trawled

Type of: fish, fishing line, fishing net, fishnet

Encyclopedia: Trawl