SG Heritage Dictionary

Trawl [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter.

2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.

Trawl [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.

Trawlboat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.

Trawler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, trawls.

2. A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.

Trawlerman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.

Trawlermen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Trawlerman

Trawling Encyclopedia Britannica

TRAWLING. See Fisheries.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 23, p. 525
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Trawlnet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Trawl, n., 2.

Trawlwarp [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.

Experiment Roget’s Thesaurus §463

N. experiment, essay, analysis, screen, trial, tentative method, ttonnement, verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration) 478, criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test, crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix, assay, ordeal, ring, litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper, test tube, analytical instruments, empiricism, rule of thumb, feeler, trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon, pilot engine, scout, straw to show the wind, speculation, random shot, leap in the dark, analyzer, analyst, assayist, adventurer, experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist, scientist, engineer, technician, subject, experimentee, guinea pig, experimental animal, protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment, poll, survey, opinion poll, epidemiological survey, retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis, statistical analysis, literature search, library research, tryout, audition, discovery, measurement, evidence, deduction, induction, abduction

V. experiment, essay, try, try out, assay, make an experiment, make a trial of, give a trial to, put on trial, subject to trial, experiment upon, rehearse, put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof, prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength, road-test, test drive, take for a spin, test fly, grope, feel one's way, grope for one's way, fumble, ttonner, aller ttons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler, send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon, see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows, consult the barometer, feel the pulse, fish for, bob for, cast for, beat about for, angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes, try one's fortune, explore

Adj. experimental, empirical, probative, probatory, probationary, provisional, analytic, docimastic, tentative, unverified, unproven, speculative, untested

Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval

Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes, "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes."