What is "fishlines"

Usage examples of "fishlines".

There had been noth­ing to eat except milk since breakfast, for the yams were exhausted and Pork’s snares and fishlines had yielded noth­ing.

The snares Pork set for rabbits had to be visited twice a day and the fishlines in the river rebaited.

Janney a lively kiss, he stole her scissors, her needles, two of her husband’s shirts and three fishlines with hooks.