Definitions For Longline

Etymology 1

{{af, en, long, line}}

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, long-line}}

Adjective

(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 bait, baited fish hook, hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods (or gangions)

Related terms

pelagic longline: hangs near sea surface demersal longline: sets along sea floor

Translations

Catalan: palangre, m Dutch: beug, f Finnish: pitkäsiima French: palangre, f Greek: παραγάδι, n Hungarian: horogsor Japanese: 延縄 (はえなわ, haenawa) Spanish: palangre, m Swedish: långrev, n

Verb

longlin To fish with a line of this kind.

Etymology 2

long, slackline

Noun

LONGLINE (plural LONGLINEs) A slackline which runs a considerable distance

See also

long line (in mathematics)