noun
- a long fishing line with many baited hooks attached at intervals
Usage: fishing
Examples
- The fisherman set his trotline across the river at dusk.
- We checked the trotline early in the morning for catfish.
- A trotline can have dozens of hooks spaced along its length.
- They anchored both ends of the trotline to keep it in place.
- The trotline yielded several large bass overnight.
- Commercial fishermen often use trotlines in deeper waters.