set v COHEN, p. 121 'Until about twenty years ago eela fishermen might also frequently 'set' a line, a shorter version of the traditional long line, consisting of several hundred yards of baited hooks anchored by weights and floats.' In cod-fishing, to place a trawl-line in the water with baited hooks.
1930 Am Speech v, 391 Make a set, v. phr. To set, tow, and haul-back the trawl. 1977 MOAKLER 54 And as we shipped the oars to set our trawls/The kittiwakes came by in swooping ranks,/Snatching our bail and fouling on the hooks. 1981 SPARKES 184 A trawl was set, or shot, from a trawl tub. 1987 FIZZARD 128 'If you had the tide going with you, you'd set from the schooner, but if the tide was going against you, you'd have to pull out the distance you thought the gear would be and then you'd set back towards the schooner.'
