Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A hook with a lead shank. · The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook. · The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo trawl.
From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).
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