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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bultow \Bul"tow`\, n. A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)