Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.