seine
noun
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Pronunciation: /sɛn/ / /seɪn/
name
Etymology: From French Seine.
- A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
- A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.
noun
Etymology: From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.
- A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
“We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.”
“We learn from the Halifax papers that the catch of mackarel at St. Margaret's Bay, is enormous, varying from 120 to 300 barrels at a haul of the seines and nets, bidding fair to exceed all former years.”
verb
Etymology: From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.
- To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
“This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.”