Obs. rare–1. A kind of net declared illegal in the Act cited.
It is doubtful whether it is connected with TRAWL, TRAWLER, TRAWL-NET, or TRAIL v., since it seems to relate to fishing for river fish which are not caught with drag-nets or by trawling; but cf. trawler-man (TRAWLER 3).
1558. Act 1 Eliz., c. 17 § 1. No Person … withe any … Crele, Rawe, Fagnett, Trollnett … shall take … Spawne or Frye of Eeles, Salmon, Pyke or Pyckerell.
