Definition of "trawlers" [trawlers]

• Plural form of trawler. (noun)

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• "Great Britain, however, sent his Navy fleet into Icelandic waters to protect British fishing trawlers from the Icelandic coast-guard."
• "They are carried between two boats described as trawlers, which are a form of sea-going tug with powerful engines, that can draw a heavy load."
• "Commercial fishing has become so ruthless they now employ enormous fishing nets called trawlers -- when I say enormous, I mean it -- you can fit up to 12 747s in these motherfuckers."