drawing n, vbl n also dryin'* in sense 2.
   1 The selection of a fishing location by lot; DRAW n.
   1936 SMITH 149 All hands signed the agreement, and then Capt Randall made the tickets and put them all in a bag, each ticket bearing the name of a trap-berth. The drawing then began, Capt Randall calling each man by name. 1977 RUSSELL 16 He always supervises the drawing for our salmon and net berths every spring in April. 1979 Evening Telegram Mar 6, p. 2 [She] outlined difficulties being experienced in the areas of trap berth drawing, fisher-women and unemployment insurance benefits, boat subsidies...
   2 Comb drawing twine, drying ~ : in a cod-trap, the small mesh of the bunt in which the fish collect when the trap is hauled to the surface (Q 67-24).
   P 127-73 Dryin' twine. A 'leaf' of small-meshed netting located in the back of a cod trap, towards one or both of the back corners, used for the 'drying up' of cod, to prevent the smaller fish from being caught in the meshes.

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