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fishing line

DEFINITIONS OF: fishing line

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n a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached

Types:
hand line, handline
a fishing line managed principally by hand
night-line
a fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night
setline, spiller, trawl, trawl line, trotline
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
Type of:
cord
a line made of twisted fibers or threads
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