brailing

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• brailing — 1) transferring of fish in bulk from a net to a vessel or from a vessel to a processing facility 2) the bringing of the lead line of a purse seine to the water surface …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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• brail — 1. noun /bɹeɪl/ a small rope used to truss up sails 2. verb /bɹeɪl/ To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails. , 1993: The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas. Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford …   Wiktionary

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• spilling line — noun : a rope used for spilling a sail (as by hauling up the foot, brailing in an edge) * * * spilling line noun A rope for spilling the wind out of a square sail • • • Main Entry: ↑spill …   Useful english dictionary