harl
verb
(tr) to drag (something) along the ground
harling
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a word derived from
harl.
Example Sentences
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Two methods of using the fly are in vogue, casting and harling.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
Silvery fish were jumping, pursued by some larger fish, and C. and I laid plans to try harling for them after the Shannon or Namsen fashion.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch
The other method of using the fly, harling, which is practised on a few big rivers, consists in trailing the fly behind a boat rowed backward and forwards across the stream and dropping gradually downwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
The order of the head boatman was for harling.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
Above the island the river was a long, broad, dull reach, where a good deal of harling was done by the natives.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
