1. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
   "The fishing boat deployed its trawl net to catch deep-sea fish";
   - dragnet, trawl net
    
2. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
   "The fisherman used a trawl line to catch multiple fish at once";
   - trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline

1. Fish with trawlers
   "The commercial boats trawled for cod in the North Sea"

Derived forms: trawled, trawling, trawls

Type of: fish, fishing line, fishing net, fishnet

Encyclopedia: Trawl