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drail

[ dreyl ]

noun

  1. a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.


verb (used without object)

  1. to fish by trolling with a drail.

drail

/ »å°ù±ðɪ±ô /

noun

  1. a weighted hook used in trolling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to fish with a drail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drail1

1625–35; Americanism; special use of obsolete English, Middle English drail to drag along, apparently alteration of trail under influence of drag, draw, etc.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drail1

C16: apparently from trail , influenced by draw
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Example Sentences

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A court ruling against the process would drail the EU strategy and its deterrent effect.

From

Over this hook, called by the fishermen hereabouts a "drail," an eel-skin was drawn, though I have known the blue-fish to bite well at a simple piece of canvas or leather.

From

And he was as good as his threat: I saw the drail skipping on the top of the wave as my line came in empty.

From

Drail, drÄl, n. the iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw: a piece of lead round the shank of the hook in fishing.—v.i. to draggle.

From

Use the Fish Flash with a downrigger for stripers, coupled with a drail for teasing pelagics, or to make a bubbling commotion on the surface.

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