_underrun_
underrun v _DAE_ ~ v n. 1880, 1896 - haul SMYTH n a cable _Cent_ underrun v & trans. To run or pass under - to pass under as for the purpose of examining - to underrun a fishing-net 2 intrans 'To move under, as a boat when a seine is hauled in over one side of it and paid out over the other...
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| Summary: | underrun v _DAE_ ~ v n. 1880, 1896 - haul SMYTH n a cable _Cent_ underrun v & trans. To run or pass under - to pass under as for the purpose of examining - to underrun a fishing-net 2 intrans 'To move under, as a boat when a seine is hauled in over one side of it and paid out over the other' _NID_ underrun v 2 c to take in (a net or trawl line) for emptying and resetting. _OED_ ~ v 2 c 'To pull in (a net or trawl) in under to clear it of the catch and reset it (1883 Fisheries Canada 30; 1897 Kipling _Heritage_ 2 naut 'to haul (a line or cable) up to a boat to examine it' Used Sup Used Sup Not used Editors' note card |
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