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bultow bulltow [? < Brit. dial. (Cornish) bulter, bultey a kind of longline] Nfld 
n. a type of hand line used in coastal fishing. See 1849 quote.
See also: long-line
- 1849 (1852) The "bultow" is described as a long line, with hooks fastened along its whole length, at regular distances, by shorter and smaller cords called snoods, which are six feet long, and are placed on the long line twelve feet apart, to prevent the hooks becoming entangled.
- 1952 The fish are caught by hand lines, trawl lines, "bulltows" or codnets.
- 1963 BULTOW, n. A line with hooks; a trawl.
- 1849 (1852) The "bultow" is described as a long line, with hooks fastened along its whole length, at regular distances, by shorter and smaller cords called snoods, which are six feet long, and are placed on the long line twelve feet apart, to prevent the hooks becoming entangled.