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fishpound

fishpound is the alternative form of fish pound.

Meaning of fish pound

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 fishpound

pluralfishpounds

Questions about fishpound

What is fishpound the alternative form of?
Fishpound is the alternative form of fish pound.

Words near fishpound in the dictionary

  1. fishponds
  2. fishpool
  3. fishpools
  4. fishpot
  5. fishpots
  6. fishpound
  7. fishpounds
  8. fishpox
  9. fishroom
  10. fishrooms
  11. fishs

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