noun
- a fishhook and line weighted so as to drag near the bottom while trolling
Usage: fishing
verb
- to fish with a drail
Usage: fishing
Examples
- The fisherman prepared his drail for the morning’s trolling expedition.
- She attached a heavy sinker to her drail to keep it near the lake bottom.
- They decided to drail for trout in the deeper waters of the reservoir.
- The captain showed us how to properly drail behind the moving boat.
- His drail caught a large bass while trolling along the shoreline.