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/seɪn/ · noun
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish..
We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.
They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.
This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.
Use seine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Seine means A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish..
Common synonyms include seine river.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.
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