Seine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Seine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Seine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Seine n a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel Synonym(s): Seine, Seine River a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom v fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seine \Seine\, n. [F. seine, or AS. segene, b[?]th fr. L. sagena, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] (Fishing.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. {Seine boat}, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.