seine
seine is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- balustrade
- barricade
- barrier
- bent
- case
- circumscribe
- circumvallation
- cordon
- corral
- defense
- dike
- dingle
- ditch
- door
- dyke
- enceinte
- envelope
- espalier
- fence
- fold
- fosse
- gate
- gateway
- girdle
- hatch
- hedge
- inclose
- inclosure
- moat
- net
- paddock
- pale
- paling
- park
- pen
- pound
- prison
- quickset
- rail
- railing
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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