English

Alternate forms

• long-line

Noun

longline ‎(plural longlines)

1. (fishing) gear consisting of a long and thick main line, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods (or gangions).

Related terms

• pelagic longline: hangs near sea surface
• demersal longline: sets along sea floor

Translations

Verb

longline ‎(third-person singular simple present longlines, present participle longlining, simple past and past participle longlined)

1. To fish with a line of this kind.

Adjective

longline ‎(not comparable)

1. (female clothing) Longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips.
   • 1953, Farm Journal (volume 77)

     Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.

   • 2007, Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides (page 5)

     In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.

See also

• long line (in mathematics)