eelingn.
/ˈiːlɪŋ/ Fishing for eels.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for eels in specific manner
bobbing1620
sniggling1661
pitching1674
eeling1780
sand-eeling1862
sun spearing1865
stichering1872
blobbing1877
eel-picking1883
eel-spearing1883
1780 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1882) Oct. 104 Made an eel spear. Went eeling.
1780 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1882) Oct. 104 Went an eeling.
1843 Knickerbocker 22 426 No clammin', no eelin', and no pastur to feed your cows onto.
1895 Outing 26 406/2 When he couldn't go eeling.
1955 E. S. Duckett St. Dunstan v. 135 In later years the fowling, eeling, and fisheries of the Fens..were to provide ample maintenance..for the abbeys.
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