The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gangion
Gangion \Gan"gion\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n.
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gangion
n. A short line attached to a trawl.
Usage examples of "gangion".
The man at the line is called the hauler, and it's his job to unclip the gangions and hand them back to the coiler, who pulls the bait off and wraps them around the leader cart.
The leader carts are small drums spooled with hundreds of lengths of seven-fathom line, called gangions.
The crew doesn't want to waste a day's fishing because their gear's messed up, so they tend to it on the way out: they sharpen hooks, tie gangions, tie ball drops, set up the leader cart, check the radio buoys.