LONGLINE

Etymology 1

Adjective

longline (not comparable)

(female clothing) longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips

Noun

longline (plural longlines)

(fishing) gear consisting of a long and thick main line, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods (or gangions)

Verb

longline (third-person singular simple present longlines, present participle longlining, simple past and past participle longlined)

To fish with a line of this kind.

Etymology 2

Noun

longline (plural longlines)

A slackline which runs a considerable distance

Source: Wiktionary



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