"purse seine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: purse seines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} purse seine (plural purse seines)
  1. (fishing) A fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up. Categories (topical): Fishing Related terms: Wikipedia description in (english: Seine Fishing) Translations (fishing seine): 圍網 (Chinese Mandarin), 围网 (wéiwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), kurenuotta (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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