释义 |
gilling dial.|ˈgɪlɪŋ| [Of obscure origin; perh. a var. of girling.] (See quot.)
c1640J. Smyth Hundred of Berkeley (1885) III. 319 The salmon growes by theis degrees and ages: vz. 1 a pinke; 2 a botcher; 3 a salmon trout; 4 a gillinge; 5 a salmon. 1880Buckland 19th Rept. Salmon Fish. 58 Gilling, a salmon on his second return from the sea is sometimes called a gilling in the Severn District. |