fishing-rodn.
/ˈfɪʃɪŋrɒd/, U.S. /ˈfɪʃɪŋˌrɑd/ A long slender tapering rod to which a line is attached for angling. Formerly called also angle-rod n.
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angling rod1510
gada1535
fishing-rod1552
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fishing-pole1791
fish pole1834
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fishing rodde, calamus.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Veleta The toppe of a fishing rodde, tragula.
1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iv. ii. 55 You have something like a Fishing Rod there.
1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 175 Izaak Walton, who wielded pen and fishing-rod with equal love and skill, was born at Stafford in 1593.
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1892 12th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1891–2 135 At Thetford a large fishing rod manufactory has been quite successful.
1896 Daily News 17 June 7/5 The car is to be driven by electricity conveyed by overhead wires, the current being caught by a fishing-rod projection from the car.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 1 July 4/1 There is no novelty..in the fishing-rod [golf] clubs.
1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action iv. 101 Fitting two sticks together by a fishing-rod joint.
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