A fishing net designed to hang vertically in the water, the ends being drawn together to enclose the fish. (See quot. 1874 at sense.)

= sense a; also as v. intransitive, to fish with a seine.

A large net used in fishing, enclosing a wide space; a kind of seine. Also figurative.

a seine-net.

= sweep-net, n.

a kind of net which is set vertically.

(see quot. 1880 –4).

A seine net which may be pursed or drawn into the shape of a bag, used for catching shoal fish.

Fishing. A form of long seine net which is supported at the ends by separate boats, one of which moves in a circular path towards the other in…

A type of dragnet which is cast from a boat, dragged towards the shore, and then hauled in on land. Also (in later use only) scringe net. Cf. seine…

Scottish and U.S. Applied to a kind of seine-net used to surround and enclose shoals of herring and other fish.

= sweep-net, n. 1.

a form of seine or dragnet.

General attributive, as purse seine boat,purse seine fishing, purse seine net, etc.

a seine used near the shore.

= seine, n.1