Corkline

Quick meaning: Corkline is a noun meaning (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.

Meaning

(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.

Example Sentences

The hold was empty, without a net, corkline, leadline or buoy to be found.

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.

Word Forms

• corklines
• cork line

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leadline, codline, groundline, dockline, bobber, outline.

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