Longline — can mean: * Longline fishing * Long line (topology) * Long line (telecommunications) * Aerial crane, i.e. using a helicopter to lift a heavy object … Wikipedia
longline — 1) a fishing line with baited hooks set at intervals on branch lines; it may be 150 km long and have several thousand hooks and can be on the sea bed or above it supported by floats. It may be anchored or drift free and is marked by floats.… … Dictionary of ichthyology
longline — lọng|line 〈[ laın] Adv.; Sp.; Tennis〉 entlang der seitl. Linie ● einen Ball longline spielen [engl.] * * * long|line [ lɔŋla̮in ] <Adv.> [aus engl. long = lang u. line = Linie, eigtl. = lange Linie] (Tennis): an der seitlichen Linie… … Universal-Lexikon
longline — lọng|line 〈[ laın] Adv.; Sport; Tennis〉 entlang der seitlichen Linie geschlagen; einen Ball longline spielen [Etym.: engl.] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
longline — To take a very long and grueling trip. The meaning is derived from the name for the long distance phone companies lines (long lines, which are either copper or fiberoptic) that stretch quite lenghty distances, usually continuously from coast to… … Dictionary of american slang
longline — To take a very long and grueling trip. The meaning is derived from the name for the long distance phone companies lines (long lines, which are either copper or fiberoptic) that stretch quite lenghty distances, usually continuously from coast to… … Dictionary of american slang
longline — /ˈlɒŋlaɪn/ (say longluyn) noun 1. a style of fishing line consisting of many short lines, each baited with a hook, suspended vertically from a main line that is dragged horizontally through the water. –adjective 2. of or relating to such a… …
longline — lọng|line [...lai̮n ] <englisch> (Tennis an der Seitenlinie entlang); den Ball longline spielen … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
Longline fishing — For other meanings of longline , see longline. Longline fishing is a commercial fishing technique that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line. Swordfish, tuna, halibut, sablefish and many other species are… … Wikipedia
longline — noun Date: 1876 a heavy fishing line that may be many miles long and that has baited hooks in series … New Collegiate Dictionary