Seine

Word SEINE
Character 5
Hyphenation seine
Pronunciations /seɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Seine"

What do we mean by seine?

A large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top. noun

To fish with such a net. intransitive verb

To fish for or catch with such a net. intransitive verb

A kind of net used in taking fish; one of the class of encircling nets, consisting of a webbing of network provided with corks or floats at the upper edge, and with leads of greater or less weight at the lower, and used to inclose a certain area of water, and by bringing the ends together, either in a boat or on the shore, to secure the fish that may be inclosed. noun

To catch with a seine: as, fish may be seined.

A Middle English form of sain and of sign.

A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. noun

A boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine. noun

A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. noun

To use a seine, to fish with a seine. verb

A large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom noun

A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel noun

Fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine verb

A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

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The word "seine" in example sentences

Then the rowers in the lurkers, as we call our seine-boats, surround the shoal with a tuck - net, or drag the seine into Mullion Cove, all alive with a mass of shimmering silver. ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

The grown folks had come up now, and all agreed the seine was a very pretty one. ❋ Laura Lee Hope (N/A)

To shoot the gear and purse the seine is a matter of minutes. ❋ Bertrand W. Sinclair (1926)

The seine is the form of apparatus that takes the largest amount of fish and yields the greatest money returns. ❋ North Carolina. Board Of Agriculture. (1896)

Uncle Abram's boat was allowed to drift with the current as its three occupants watched the proceedings, Will with the more interest that his uncle had a share in the seine, that is to say, he found so many score yards of which its length was composed, and consequently would take his proportion of the profits if the mackerel were caught. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

When we shewed the natives our seine, which is such as the king's ships are generally furnished with, they laughed at it, and in triumph produced their own, which was indeed of an enormous size, and made of a kind of grass, which is very strong: ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Kilometer nördlich der Hauptstadt stattfindet, wurde nach nur wenigen Minuten vertagt und findet am kommenden Freitag seine Fortsetzung. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that more than 4,735 deaths attributable to H1N1, known as seine flu, had been reported and conti ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Der türkische Regierungschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan hatte am Freitag seine Ablehnung Rasmussens bekräftigt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then, as the fish begin to pause in their progress, and gradually crowd closer and closer together, he gives the signal; the boats come up, and the "seine" net is cast, or, in the technical phrase "shot," overboard. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

The "seine" boat (accompanied by another small boat, to assist in casting the net) is rowed out where he can see it. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

While these operations are in course of performance, another boat, another set of men, and another net (different in form from the "seine") are approaching the scene of action. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

The "seine '" is now regarded as a great reservoir of fish. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

They make also a kind of seine, of a coarse broad grass, the blades of which are like flags; these they twist and tie together in a loose manner, till the net, which is about as wide as a large sack, is from sixty to eighty fathoms long; this they haul in shoal smooth water, and its own weight keeps it so close to the ground, that scarcely a single fish can escape. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

a large net called the "seine," which measures a hundred and ninety fathoms in length, and costs a hundred and seventy pounds -- sometimes more. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

"seine" boat, hauling with all their might at the "tuck" net, and roaring the regular nautical "Yo-heave-ho!" in chorus! ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

He said: "Arroganz ist die Kunst, auf seine eigene Dummheit stolz zu sein"—arrogance is the art to take pride in one's own stupidity. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We pulled in the seine; he turned the boat around, it was his dad's. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

Die Pläne sollen am Donnerstag vorgestellt werden, wenn RBS seine Zahlen für das abgelaufene Geschäftsjahr präsentiert, hieß es in den Berichten weiter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sintram und seine Gefährten, [Sintram and his Companions] ❋ Unknown (2010)

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