boultern.
/ˈbəʊltə/, U.S. /ˈboʊldər/ A long fishing-line armed with a large number of hooks.
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boulter1602
spiller1602
bulter1769
trot-line1826
spillet1832
bultow1858
trot1858
trawl1864
set line1865
trawl-line1867
outline1890
trat-line1894
outlier1904
trout-line1912
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 34 These Hakes..are taken..with the boulter, [1811 bolter] which is a Spiller of a bigger size.
1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 243 Spillers and boulters are long stout lines, to which are attached several hundred baited hooks, with an anchor and waste~line furnished with corks at the end.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 126 Bolter, Card containing thirteen sizes of hooks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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