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brailer

brailer noun: a device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.

brailer: a device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached...
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Noun

brailer (plural brailers)

  1. A device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.
    • The man who threw the handle into the air then crosses over to the starboard side of the skiff and the three men together put all their weight onto the brailer handle and drive it down into the sack.1977, Michael K. Orbach, Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs: The Tuna Seinermen of San Diego, →ISBN
    • Working both booms on the dock and with all four of the deck crew in the hold loading brailers they had the old girl emptied out in less than two hours.1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 23

brailer meaning in Tamil

brailer in Tamil

கூடை வலை

Examples of brailer in a sentence

  • Smaller vessels offloading at floating or shore-based processors that do not have a vacuum/backwash system would typically offload using a brailer attached to a crane.2004, Navigation Improvements, Akutan: Environmental Impact Statement:
  • The Margaret Ann's engineer will take his station at his own winch to haul up his brailer.2013, Tex Geddes, Hebridean Sharker, →ISBN:

Forms of brailer

pluralbrailers

Words that rhyme with brailer

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Questions about brailer

What does brailer mean?
Brailer means a device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.
What is brailer in Tamil?
Brailer in Tamil is கூடை வலை. See Brailer meaning in Tamil.
How do you use brailer in a sentence?
Smaller vessels offloading at floating or shore-based processors that do not have a vacuum/backwash system would typically offload using a brailer attached to a crane.
What part of speech is brailer?
Brailer is a noun.
What is the plural of brailer?
The plural of brailer is brailers.

Words near brailer in the dictionary

  1. Braidwoods
  2. braidwork
  3. braies
  4. brail
  5. brailed
  6. brailer
  7. brailers
  8. Brailey
  9. Braileys
  10. brailing
  11. brailings

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