Also spelled trot-line
noun
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a long fishing line set in the water with many shorter baited lines and hooks attached
At dusk, the fisherman checked each hook on the trotline for catfish.
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· a long fishing line set in...
setlinetrawl line
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Etymology
A compound of trot + line, recorded in American English for a fishing line carrying a series of shorter hooked lines. The exact motivation for trot in the compound is uncertain.