1. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) • Syn: trawl, trawl line, setline, trotline • Derivationally related forms: trawl (for: trawl) • Hypernyms: fishing line 2. an attacker who sheds or spills blood - a great hunter and spiller of blood • Syn: shedder • Derivationally related forms: spill • Hypernyms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter