seine

2 definitions found

seine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Seine \Seine\, n. [F. seine, or AS. segene, b?th fr. L. sagena,
     Gr. ????.] (Fishing.)
     A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and
     the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and
     when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses
     the fish.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay
        out a seine.
        [1913 Webster]

seine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Seine
      n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and
           then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine,
           Seine River]
      2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top
         and weights at the bottom
      v 1: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine