handline

/'hændlain/

Thân thiện

A fisherman pulls a handline from the water.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fishing line managed principally by hand: A handline is a simple fishing tackle consisting of a fishing line that is held and manipulated directly by the angler's hands, without the use of a fishing rod.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The old fisherman preferred using a simple handline from the dock.
  • He caught a large mackerel with just a baited hook on a handline.

Advanced Usage

• "to fish with a handline": to engage in fishing using this specific, simple method.
  • They taught the children how to fish with a handline off the side of the boat.

Variants and Related Words

• Handlining (gerund/noun): The act or technique of fishing with a handline.
  • Handlining is a traditional method still used in many coastal communities.

Synonyms

• Hand line: An alternative spelling for the same tackle.
• Hand-fishing line: A descriptive synonym emphasizing the manual method.

Related Phrases

• To pay out the handline: To let the fishing line run out from one's hands.
  • He slowly paid out the handline until the sinker touched the bottom.
• To haul in the handline: To pull the fishing line back in by hand.
  • She began to haul in the handline, feeling a strong tug from a fish.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a fishing line managed principally by hand

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hand line