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countable and uncountable, plural trawlings
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines. examples
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No longer would he have to fear the deportation of Gerald Haxton, who as an American was constantly running that risk in his trawlings through the bars of London.
2011, Christopher Hitchens, Arguably
present participle and gerund of trawl examples