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seine

seine [ sayn ]


noun  (plural seines)
Definition:
 
fishing net: a large commercial fishing net that is weighted so that it hangs vertically in the water



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle seined, present participle sein·ing, 3rd person present singular seines)
Definition:
 
fish with seine: to catch fish with a seine

[ Old English segne, via W Germanic < Latin sagena "net" < Greek sagēnē]

sein·er noun
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