Meaning of brailer | Babel Free

Definitions

A device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.

Examples

“The man who threw the handle⟳ into the air then crosses over to the starboard side of the skiff and the three men together put⟳ all their weight onto the brailer handle⟳ and drive⟳ it down into the sack.”

“Working both booms on the dock and with all four of the deck crew in the hold⟳ loading brailers they had the old girl emptied out in less than two hours.”

“Smaller vessels offloading at floating or shore-based processors that do not have⟳ a vacuum/backwash system would typically offload using a brailer attached to a crane.”

“The Margaret Ann's engineer will take⟳ his station at his own⟳ winch to haul up his brailer.”

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