† ˈtrinker Obs.
[f. trink n.1 + -er1.]
a. = trink n.1 b. = trinkerman. Also in comb. † trinker-boat = trink-boat (see trink n.1 d).
| c 1485 tr. Act 2 Hen. VI, c. 19 (MS. Harl. 4999, lf. 185 b), That the stacioun of nettis and engynes cald Trynkers and al other maner nettis whiche bien..ficched and attached..be al vtterly defended... Purveied alwey that it be lieful to the possessours of the saide Trynkers..to fisshe with hem..in drawyng and conveiyng bi hande as other fisshers don [cf. trink n.1 quot. 1423]. 1615 E. S. Britain's Buss in Arb. Garner III. 650 Those pernicious Trinkermen, who with trinker-boats destroy the river of Thames, by killing the fry and small fish there. |
So ˈtrinking, the action of fishing with a trink.
| 1689 in Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xxvii. 480/1 That no Person..use or practice Trincking, Stow-boating, Trawling, or Catching of Fish, or Bait, on the Lord's-Day..upon Forfeiture of 20 s. |