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great-line, ˈgreatline
Also grettlin, gritline.
A long line used in deep-sea fishing for cod, ling, etc. Also attrib., as great-line fish, great-line fishing.
a1600Aberdeen Reg. (Jam.), Gryt lyne fische, sic as leing, turbat, keling, & skaitt. 1866Banffsh. Gloss., Grettlin, a great-line; the line used for catching the larger kinds of fish; as cod, ling, etc. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Great-line fishing, that carried on over the deeper banks of the ocean..It is more applicable to hand-fishing, as on the banks of Newfoundland, in depths over 60 fathoms. 1879Holdsworth in Encycl. Brit. IX. 262/1 The cod or ‘great lines’ are of the same description as those used for haddock fishing, but have longer snoods and the hooks farther apart. It is unnecessary to speak of the manner in which these long-lines are worked. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 13 One Greatline placed in a basket. |