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(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy..
Double corklines, one right-hand lay and one left-hand lay to prevent twisting, were used on all gill nets.
The porpoise safety panel shall consist of small mesh webbing not to exceed ¼" stretch mesh extending downward from the corkline and the base of the porpoise apron to a minimum depth equivalent to two strips of 100 meshes of 4¼" stretch mesh webbing.
The hold was empty, without a net, corkline, leadline or buoy to be found.
Use cork line when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cork line means (fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Double corklines, one right-hand lay and one left-hand lay to prevent twisting, were used on all gill nets.
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