haul vs seine

haul

verb
  • To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind. 

  • To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move. 

  • Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow). 

  • To haul ass (“go fast”). 

  • To drag, to pull, to tug. 

  • Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something. 

  • To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. 

  • To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle. 

  • To draw or pull something heavy. 

noun
  • An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip. 

  • The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long. 

  • A bundle of many threads to be tarred. 

  • Four goals scored by one player in a game. 

  • An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug. 

seine

verb
  • To use a seine, to fish with a seine. 

noun
  • A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. 

How often have the words haul and seine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )