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seine

Pronunciation: /seɪn/

The English word “seine” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

verb

  1. To use a seine, to fish with a seine.

Etymology

From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

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