seine
noun/seɪn/
/seɪn/
(also seine net)
- a type of fishing net which hangs down in the water and is pulled together at the ends to catch fishWord OriginOld English segne, of West Germanic origin, via Latin from Greek sagēnē; reinforced in Middle English by Old French saine.
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