| 单词 | to bring to gaff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring (a hooked fish) to gaff b. spec. A barbed fishing spear; also, a stick armed with an iron hook for landing large fish, esp. salmon. Phrase, to bring (a hooked fish) to gaff. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > spear > [noun] pricka1350 garfanglec1440 wawsper1472 spear1551 waster1580 fizgig1589 visgee1593 fish-spear1611 glaive1640 fish-giga1642 gaff1656 gig1705 lance1728 sticker1772 graina1818 picaroon1837 pickpole1837 fishing-spear1840 lily-iron1852 gambeering iron1883 mackerel gaff1883 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > other fishing equipment > [noun] > prongs or hooks for landing fish grab-hook1608 gaff1656 weir-hook1688 pew1765 click-hookc1810 picaroon1837 gaff-hook1844 pew-gaffa1884 fish-gaff1887 snigger1901 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > bring to bank landa1609 play1740 work1825 bank1837 creel1844 grass1856 to bring (a hooked fish) to gaff1886 to play along1921 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gaffe, an iron hook where~with Seamen pull great Fishes into their ships. 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 394 They began to knock it [sc. a turtle] on the head with their gaffs. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands II. App. 331 The poacher, with a gaff and torch, selects some gravelly ford. 1885 W. Black White Heather iii Ronald had got him transfixed on the gaff and landed. 1886 Q. Rev. Oct. 163 351 When a fish is beat and is being brought to gaff, much caution is necessary. < as lemmas |
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