almadraba

Spanish almadraba

almadraba (plural almadrabas)

1. A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

1. Alternative form of almadrava

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (almaḍrába).

• IPA^(key): /almaˈdɾaba/, [almaˈðɾaβa]

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

1. tuna fishing
2. fishing nets arranged as a fence to corral and catch tuna

• “almadraba” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.