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seine fishing
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Definition:a method of fishing that employs a fishing net called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat.Boats deploying seine nets are known as seiners. Two main types of seine net are deployed from seiners: purse seines and Danish seines.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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He making a net for seining fish.
Alice Walker. The Color Purple, p.68 (1982)
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I sent my boatswain ashore to dig deeper, and sent the seine with him to catch fish.
William Dampier. A Voyage to New Holland (1699)
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This is where the harbor is, and offshore I could see sunken freighters and Korean purse seiners, their industrial rigging offering a bewildering contrast to the blueness of an unblemished sky seemlessly converging with the lagoon.
J. Maarten Troost. Headhunters on My Doorstep, p.234 (2013)
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I sat, face burning, avoiding Jamie’s eyes, as she carefully removed small twigs and bits of oak leaf from my curls, depositing them on the dresser next to those seined from her brother’s hair.
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SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.
Ambose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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