Trawls is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TRAWLS in dictionary:

VERB:
• TRAWL, to fish by dragging a net along the bottom of the sea
• fish with a trawl net or seine
• catch with a trawl or seine
• drag or trail (something) through water
• search thoroughly
NOUN:
• an act of fishing with a trawl net or seine
• a large wide-mouthed fishing net dragged by a boat along the bottom of the sea or a lake.
• a thorough search
• a long sea-fishing line along which are tied buoys supporting baited hooks on short lines.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to fish by dragging a net along the sea bottom

Words related to TRAWLS

trawl8 trawled11 trawling12

How to use TRAWLS in a sentence

• Night and day they faced the dangers of the sea as they worked at the trawls, and when they were not sleeping or working there was no amusement for them.
• A considerable flounder industry is developing in these waters, the fish being taken in specially devised traps as well as by the smaller otter trawls.
• Depths are from 45 to 60 fathoms, and fishing is done by trawls and hand lines.
• This is also a small-boat ground, where fishing is done mainly by hand lines, but trawls also are employed.
• In general it is a small-boat ground on which chiefly hand lines and trawls are operated, A few cod and cusk are taken here in the fall, and it is a good lobster ground.
• This is a ground much resorted to by sloops and larger vessels, and the fishing is by hand line and trawls.
• Hand lines and trawls are used here, fished by sloops and vessels.
• The bottom is rocky and broken and, while sharp, is fished with trawls as well as hand lines.
• Hand lines and trawls are used here now, although in former times this and the preceding grounds were considered too sharp for the use of trawls.
• This is mainly a small boat ground, fished by trawls, hand lines and an increasing number of gill nets.
• Its best fishing is for hake, using both hand lines and trawls.
• This ground is principally fished by trawls, but there is considerable hand lining in September and October.
• The ground is fished by both boats and vessels using hand lines and trawls.
• It is chiefly a small-boat and vessel ground, fishing being done by hand lines and trawls, with some gill netting.
• This ground is fished by hand lines, gill nets, and trawls mainly by boats and small craft.
• Hand lines and trawls, together with some gill nets, are used on the sand shoal.
• This ground is fished mainly by small boats and sloops using hand lines and trawls.
• This is fished by hand lines and trawls mainly by craft from New Harbor.
• Principally a summer small-boat ground fished by hand lines, trawls, and gill nets.
• This ground is visited principally by small boats, the greater part of the catch being taken by gill nets, although trawls and hand lines also are used here.
• Fishing is by hand lines, trawls, and a certain amount by gill netting over the smoother parts.
• Trawls, hand lines, and gill nets are operated here.
• It seems necessary to leave the halibut trawls down for a longer set here than on other grounds in order to make a good catch.
• Few forms of manual work are more exacting, involve more physical suffering and actual peril to life, than fishing with trawls.
• The method of setting and hauling the trawls has been well described by Mr.
• Each dory had six trawls, each one eighteen hundred feet long.
• After supper the men enjoyed a Half-hour smoke, then preparations were made to set the gear, as the trawls are called.

Similar words containing TRAWL without suffix s

trawl8 trawled11 trawler10 trawley13 trawlers11 trawleys14 trawling12 trawlnet11 strawless12 strawlike16 trawlings13 trawlnets12 trawlerman15 trawlermen15

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