drail

[ dreyl ]

noun
  1. a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.

verb (used without object)
  1. to fish by trolling with a drail.

Origin of drail

1
1625–35; Americanism; special use of obsolete English, Middle English drail to drag along, apparently alteration of trail under influence of drag, draw, etc.

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British Dictionary definitions for drail

drail

/ (dreɪl) angling /


noun
  1. a weighted hook used in trolling

verb
  1. (intr) to fish with a drail

Origin of drail

1
C16: apparently from trail, influenced by draw

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