"brailer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brailers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} brailer (plural brailers)
  1. A device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.
    Sense id: en-brailer-en-noun-QEeW4NPT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1977, Michael K. Orbach, Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs: The Tuna Seinermen of San Diego",
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          "ref": "1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, page 23",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Navigation Improvements, Akutan: Environmental Impact Statement",
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          "ref": "2013, Tex Geddes, Hebridean Sharker",
          "text": "The Margaret Ann's engineer will take his station at his own winch to haul up his brailer.",
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