A large fishing net designed to hang vertically in the water with floats along the top edge and weights along the bottom.
From Old French 'seine', derived from Latin 'sagena', which came from Greek 'sagene' meaning 'fishing net'. The word has maintained its specific fishing context throughout its linguistic journey.
Seine nets can be enormous - some commercial seines stretch over a mile long and can encircle entire schools of fish. The technique of 'seining' is one of humanity's oldest fishing methods, depicted in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings from 4,000 years ago.
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