eeleryn.
/ˈiːləri/ A place where eels are caught.
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1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics xvii. 371 The moderns, like the ancients, have their favourite eeleries.
1864 Q. Rev. Jan. 190 We must not suppose there are no valuable eeleries in the British Isles.
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