Purse-seine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Purse-seine is a verb meaning To fish using a purse seine.
Meaning
To fish using a purse seine.
Example Sentences
Like many Gloucester fishermen in the late twentieth century, the Sanfilippos are from Sicily, where catches were meager and boats small. John, born in 1945, […] began in a little dory with his father. They gillnetted, longlined, jigged, purse seined, and survived in the postwar years of poverty.
Word Forms
- purse-seines
- purse-seining
- purse-seined
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