Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A hook with a lead shank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To trawl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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History
From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).
