TROTLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trotline mean? 

• TROTLINE (noun)
  The noun TROTLINE has 1 sense:

1. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

  Familiarity information: TROTLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROTLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

setline; spiller; trawl; trawl line; trotline

Hypernyms ("trotline" is a kind of...):

fishing line (a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached)