spilletn.
/ˈspɪlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈspɪlət/, Scottish English /ˈspɪlᵻt/, Irish English /ˈspɪlət/ Irish English (and Scottish).
= spiller n.3 1. Also in combinations.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > trawl-line or set line
boulter1602
spiller1602
bulter1769
trot-line1826
spillet1832
bultow1858
trot1858
trawl1864
set line1865
trawl-line1867
outline1890
trat-line1894
outlier1904
trout-line1912
1832 W. H. Maxwell Wild Sports of West I. 262 If you shoot in foul ground, you will probably lose the spillet.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spillet-fishing,..a name on the west coast of Ireland for a system of fishing [etc.].
1875 Zoologist 10 4502 Having shot their spillets (or long lines) in the morning.
Derivatives
spilleˈteer n. one who spillers.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using number of hooks
spilleteer1832
paternosterer1891
plugger1952
1832 W. H. Maxwell Wild Sports of West I. 263 An indistinct glance of a dark object..brings the assistant spilleteer, gaff in hand, to the quarter.
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