seine

• Red de pesca grande que se mantiene vertical en el agua mediante flotadores en la parte superior y pesos en la inferior, utilizada para rodear y capturar peces.

A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, kept open by floats at the top and weights at the bottom, used to encircle and catch fish.

1. B2formal

   A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, kept open by floats at the top and weights at the bottom, used to catch fish.

   Red de cerco

   • The fishermen cast the seine into the river at dawn.
   • They used a seine to catch a large school of herring.
   • The boat dragged the seine along the ocean floor.

   Sinónimosdragnet

• Pescar con una red de cerco, generalmente rodeando un banco de peces.

A verb meaning to fish with a seine net, typically by encircling a school of fish.

1. Fish with a seineB2formal

   To catch fish using a large net called a seine, which hangs vertically in the water.

   Pescar con red de cerco

   • The fishermen seine the river every morning.
   • They learned how to seine for salmon in the bay.
   • The crew spent hours seining the shallow waters.