fishing with a longline

(clothing) longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips

(fishing) gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods (or gangions)

To fish with a line of this kind.

A slackline which runs a considerable distance

plural of longline

(nautical) A fisherman or fishing boat that uses longlines.

plural of longliner

simple past tense and past participle of longline