piscicapturen.
/ˈpɪsᵻˌkaptʃə/, U.S. /ˈpɪsəˌkæp(t)ʃər/ Now rare.
Fishing.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [noun]
visseþ1297
fishinga1400
piscation1620
riviationa1676
take1833
piscicapture1863
fish1880
1863 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South I. xix. 206 The delights of piscicapture.
1878 Standard 21 Oct. 5/1 ‘Snatching’ is a form of illicit piscicapture for which it is impossible to entertain..sympathy.
1917 Times 18 Sept. 9/4 It is hinted that the fishermen [who] would do better were the riparian occupiers..less addicted to the use of unauthorized and unseasonable methods of piscicapture.
1933 ‘L. Luard’ All Hands 19 Piscatology and intensive piscicapture.
Derivatives
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun]
fisherc893
fisherman1526
fish-catcher1530
fish-man1540
fisher-swain1627
piscary1656
fish-carle1804
fisher-carl1870
piscicapturist1881
stationer1905
1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xxviii, in Good Words 22 505/1 On the part of the piscicapturists (for a fish is not to be called a fish now, and everything connected with him is pisci-something).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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