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plural seines
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. quotations examples
We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.
1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 21
They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 169
third-person singular simple present seines, present participle seining, simple past and past participle seined
(transitive, intransitive) To use a seine, to fish with a seine. quotations examples
This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.
1974, James Whetter, Cornwall in the 17th Century: An Economic History of Kernow