different between trawl vs spillet

English

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Dutch traghelen (“to drage”), traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from Latin tragula), and as such root-cognate with drag.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t??l/, /t??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophone: troll (some dialects)

Noun

trawl (plural trawls)

1. A net or dragnet used for trawling. [from the 16th c.]
2. A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.

Derived terms

• trawlwire

Descendants

• ? Russian: ???? (tral)

Verb

trawl (third-person singular simple present trawls, present participle trawling, simple past and past participle trawled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
2. (intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.
3. (intransitive) To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

Related terms

• troll

Descendants

• ? Faroese: trol

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• spilliard

Noun

spillet (plural spillets)

1. A long fishing line with multiple hooks; a trawl or boulter.

Anagrams

• ellipts, let slip, liplets

Danish

Noun

spillet

1. definite singular of spil

Verb

spillet

1. past participle of spille

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

spillet n

1. definite singular of spill

Swedish

Noun

spillet

1. definite singular of spill