longline

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
2. noun Gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.
3. noun A long cable used to raise or lower loads from a helicopter when landing is not possible.
4. verb To fish with a line of this kind.
5. noun A slackline which runs a considerable distance

Similar words

chain haul stream line waistlong floor-length long-sleeved low-rise shoulder-length open-kneed

Often followed by

fishery fishing fisheries vessels gear and fleet catch catches

Word family

longlines