line of water

line 1 n 361. A "line of water" is a measure of depth related to the length of a _cotton_ trawl line, i.e. 60 fathoms. The other commonly used trawl line was of hemp but those were only 30 fathoms in length & were never used as a standard of measure. DNE-cit JH 3/73 Used I Used I 3 Use...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/43432 2023-12-31T10:19:06+01:00 line of water 1973/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43432 eng eng L L. Harris, 1/72 Q 71 D St. Joseph's P.B. St. Joseph's, P. B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13045 L_13045_line 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43432 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z line 1 n 361. A "line of water" is a measure of depth related to the length of a _cotton_ trawl line, i.e. 60 fathoms. The other commonly used trawl line was of hemp but those were only 30 fathoms in length & were never used as a standard of measure. DNE-cit JH 3/73 Used I Used I 3 Used I hook-and-line, line of water, line gear, line maker Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 21 Jul 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
line of water
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description line 1 n 361. A "line of water" is a measure of depth related to the length of a _cotton_ trawl line, i.e. 60 fathoms. The other commonly used trawl line was of hemp but those were only 30 fathoms in length & were never used as a standard of measure. DNE-cit JH 3/73 Used I Used I 3 Used I hook-and-line, line of water, line gear, line maker Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 21 Jul 2015
format Manuscript
title line of water
title_short line of water
title_full line of water
title_fullStr line of water
title_full_unstemmed line of water
title_sort line of water
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43432
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation L
L. Harris, 1/72 Q 71 D St. Joseph's P.B.
St. Joseph's, P. B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13045
L_13045_line 1 n
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