Spillet fishing \Spil"let fish`ing\, Spilliard fishing \Spil"liard fish`ing\, A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called {trawl fishing}, {bultow}, or {bultow fishing}, and {long-line fishing}. [1913 Webster]
Bultow \Bul"tow`\, n. A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller. [1913 Webster]