Recreational trawlers are pleasure boats that resemble fishing trawlers.

Trawler definition. A boat that is used for catching fish with a large net called a trawl See the full definition for trawler in the English Language Learners Dictionary. The special nets used on trawlers are called trawls. A really really big fishing boat that indiscriminately hauls tonnes of marine animals from sardines to dolphins into its huge frozen belly every day.

Outrigger trawlers a type that includes shrimp boats drag one or two nets from long booms extending. A buoyed line used in sea fishing having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals. English Language Learners Definition of trawler.

Also called trawl line. A vessel used for trawling. Noun Also called trawl net.

A strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom. A person who trawls. They can also be called cruising trawlers or trawler yachts.

On side trawlers the trawl is set and hauled over the side with power winches or manually by a large crew. Definition of trawler noun in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. Trawlers vary according to the method of towing the net.

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. A fishing trawler off the Outer Hebrides broadcast a Mayday after their engine room and fish hold flooded The fishing trawler then proceeded towards Peterhead where the rescued fishermen were landed It came instead on a fishing trawler plying its trade in the unforgiving waters off the west coast. Meaning pronunciation picture example sentences grammar usage notes synonyms and more.