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fish pound

fish pound noun: a net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.

Noun

fish pound (plural fish pounds)

  1. (Canada, US, dialectal) A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.
    • the River St. Francis and its tributary Rivers and Streams should at all seasons remain open and unencumbered by fish pounds, so that Salmon may be left unmolested at and in ascending to their spawning places1841, The Provincial Statutes of Canada

Forms of fish pound

pluralfish pounds

Questions about fish pound

What does fish pound mean?
Fish pound means a net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.
What part of speech is fish pound?
Fish pound is a noun.
What is the plural of fish pound?
The plural of fish pound is fish pounds.

Words near fish pound in the dictionary

  1. fish poison trees
  2. fish pole
  3. fish pond
  4. fish ponds
  5. fish pot
  6. fish pound
  7. fish pounds
  8. fish sauce
  9. fish sauces
  10. fish scale
  11. fish scales

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