longlinern.
/ˈlɒŋˌlʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌlaɪnər/, /ˈlɑŋˌlaɪnər/ Fishing. Chiefly North American.
(a) A member of the crew of a fishing vessel which uses longlines. (b) A fishing vessel which uses longlines, or (occasionally) one of a similar type which uses nets.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using long line
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > using lines
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1874 E. W. H. Holdsworth Deep-sea Fishing ii. 106 The trawlers,..and the longliners, all speak of ‘shooting their gear’..when beginning to fish after their respective methods.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 14/3 Dog-fish, these terrors to netsmen and long-liners.
1955 Fishermen's Advocate (Port Union, Newfoundland) 14 Jan. 10/5 Three new longliners are now under construction.
1974 National Geographic Jan. 114/2 The boat is of the type still called a long-liner, from a time when the crews of such boats fished with lines and hooks.
2013 Alaska Jrnl. Commerce (Nexis) 31 Jan. Trawlers and longliners are allowed to take about 5 million pounds of halibut.
Derivatives
ˈlonglinerman n. rare a member of the crew of a longliner.
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1955 Fishermen's Advocate (Port Union, Newfoundland) 14 Jan. 7/3 The courses, while aimed at longlinermen, were made available to all who wished to attend.
1973 Decks Awash Feb. 10 The next thing you know, twenty longliner men are learning how to make drag nets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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