{Seine boat}, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
seine boat — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑seine * * * seine boat, a boat for carrying and paying out a seine … Useful english dictionary
seine boat — the boat that was operated from a schooner catching mackerel with a purse seine, q.v … Dictionary of ichthyology
Seine — Seine, n. [F. seine, or AS. segene, b?th fr. L. sagena, Gr. ????.] (Fishing.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cod seine boat — a large, undecked fishing boat used to set and haul a cod seine in the coastal fishery of Newfoundland … Dictionary of ichthyology
cod-seine boat — a large, undecked fishing boat used to set and haul a cod seine in the coastal fishery of Newfoundland … Dictionary of ichthyology
herring weir seine boat — an open boat about 28 feet long with an inboard motor. Has three man crew and is used to tend herring seines, traps and weirs … Dictionary of ichthyology
Seine fishing — For other uses, see Seine (disambiguation). A basic seine net Seine fishing is fishing using a seine. A seine is a large fishing net that hangs in the water due to weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top. Boats equipped for seine… … Wikipedia
boat seine — a net consisting of two wings, a body and a bag, operated from a boat and hauled along the sea floor by two long ropes that help in driving fish towards the net opening, e.g. a Danish seine … Dictionary of ichthyology
seine master — a man in charge of a boat and crew fishing with seines. Also called master of the seine … Dictionary of ichthyology
seine — a net shaped like a curtain used to encircle fishes, usually weighted at the bottom and with floats at the top, and often with a bag in the centre. May be operated from shore, or from a boat (Danish or Scottish seines) … Dictionary of ichthyology
