seine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
    Seine River.
  2. noun a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
  3. verb fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine

WordNet

Seine noun
Etymology
F. seine, or AS. segene, bth fr. L. sagena, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913