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A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
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
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 ]
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.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cristiano Spiller (born 3 April 1975) is an Italian electronic music DJ and record producer. He is best known for his 2000 single, " Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) ", featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor . The song reached number-one in the UK, Australia, Ireland, ...
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.