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Origin and history of seine

seine(n.)

"drag-net, kind of net used in fishing," Middle English seine, from Old English segne "drag-net," from West Germanic *sagina (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German segina), a borrowing of Latin sagena (source also of French seine, Old French saine, 12c., which contributed to the form of the English word), from Greek sagēnē "a fishing net," also "a hunting net," a word of unknown origin.

also from 12c.

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purse-seine(n.)

"seine or fishing net which may be pursed or drawn into the shape of a bag," by 1855; see purse (n.) + seine. Earlier was purse-net (late 14c.), "fishing net with a bag to contain a stone for sinking the net," also "bag-shaped net with a draw-string for hunting hares, etc."

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