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Trawler definition. Definition of trawler noun in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Basically its a fishing boat.

A person who trawls. Within the category however are many types and styles of vessels. Outrigger trawlers a type that includes shrimp boats drag one or two nets from long booms extending.

The special nets used on trawlers are called trawls. A boat that pulls a large net behind it in order to catch fish Definition of trawler from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Cambridge University Press. They can also be called cruising trawlers or trawler yachts.

English Language Learners Definition of trawler. A vessel used for trawling. On side trawlers the trawl is set and hauled over the side with power winches or manually by a large crew.

Any of various types of vessels used in fishing with a trawl net. What does trawler mean. A buoyed line used in sea fishing having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals.

A strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom. How to use trawl in a sentence. Noun Also called trawl net.