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ledger bait

ledger bait noun: fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.

Noun

ledger bait (countable and uncountable, plural ledger baits)

  1. Fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.
    • your ledger-bait is best to be a living bait, though a dead one may catch, whether it be a fish or a frog1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...
    • LEDGER-BAITS, OR BANK-RUNNERS are often adopted in pike-fishing, and are merely used as a mode of dispensing with the rod1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports

ledger bait meaning in Tamil

ledger bait in Tamil

தூண்டிலிரை

Forms of ledger bait

pluralledger baits

Questions about ledger bait

What does ledger bait mean?
Ledger bait means fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.
What is ledger bait in Tamil?
Ledger bait in Tamil is தூண்டிலிரை. See Ledger bait meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ledger bait?
Ledger bait is a noun.
What is the plural of ledger bait?
The plural of ledger bait is ledger baits.

Words near ledger bait in the dictionary

  1. ledgeless
  2. ledgement
  3. ledgements
  4. ledger
  5. ledger art
  6. ledger bait
  7. ledger baits
  8. ledger board
  9. ledger boards
  10. ledger drawing
  11. ledger drawings

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