A cord or thread used with a fishing rod to catch fish; fishing line.
From 'fish' + 'line' (from Old English 'līne,' a cord or string), a straightforward compound describing the string component of fishing equipment.
Modern fishing line is made from materials like nylon that became available only after the 1930s—before that, fishermen used silkworm gut, horsehair, or linen, making the evolution of fishline material a quiet technological revolution that transformed fishing efficiency.
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