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beam trawl
noun
- a trawl net whose lateral spread during trawling is maintained by a beam across its mouth.
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A tendency to return to the use of the small beam trawl for deep-sea work has lately shown itself.
From Project Gutenberg
A small beam trawl was first used from the “Challenger” (fig. 17).
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