| 单词 | sun spear |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun spear sun spear n. now historical a spear for catching eels or other fish, used chiefly in Ireland. [Apparently so called with reference to the sunny weather preferred for this type of fishing (because of the visibility of the fish in the water).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > spear > [noun] > for eels algerea1425 augera1425 elgerc1440 eel-spear1555 proking stick1598 pilgera1825 stang1847 sun spear1865 pick1875 prick1880–4 eel-pick1883 1865 Fisherman's Mag. & Rev. 2 256 I cannot close without a final appeal..to the justice and generosity of the old squire in favour of the harmless and legitimate use of the sun-spear. 1954 Béaloideas 23 127 The Strokestown crannog yielded eel spears of the type known as ‘sun spears’. 2014 T. K. McCarthy in K. Tsukamoto & M. Kuroki Eels & Humans ii. 27/2 A special type of sunspear was used on muddy slobland areas in Wexford Harbour. < as lemmas |
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