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Answer for the clue "A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) ", 7 letters:
spiller

Word definitions for spiller in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spiller \Spill"er\, n. One who, or that which, spills. A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood" [syn: shedder ] a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: trawl , trawl line , setline , trotline ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spiller is a surname . It may refer to: Bill Spiller , an American golfer Bill W. Spiller , an American broadcaster Billy Spiller , an English cricket and rugby player C. J. Spiller , an American football player Carlton T. Spiller , an American poet Cecil ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who spills. 2 (context legal English) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water. 3 A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved ...

Usage examples of spiller.

I happened to go through Spillers Cut, you know where the taggerine yard is, and I heard a yelp, and something about it reminded me of this scallywag here.

We sat in the same two seats as before and, again, Nurse Spiller stood in the door-place and larked with the nurses in the hall.