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purse seine

n. ''(fishing gear)'': a fishing seine having a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up. See

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purse seine

n. a seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line

Usage examples of "purse seine".

The seiners will go after the capelin: a slim, beautiful little fish which is found only in northern waters but which may be as numerous at present as the herring were in the days be- fore the purse seine fishery began.

The light, once used for night purse seine fishing, was powered by a carbon arc.

In 1855 the purse seine was invented, a 1,300-foot net of tarred twine with lead weights at the bottom and cork floats at the top.