herring-pond humorous.
The sea or ocean, esp. the North Atlantic ocean.
| 1686 J. Dunton Lett. fr. New-Eng. (1867) 19 I'le send an account of the wonders I meet on the Great Herring-Pond. 1689 in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 603/1 My sometime Friends and Allies on the other Side of the Herring-pond. 1729 Gay Polly i. Wks. (1772) 146 How little are our Customs known on this side the herring pond. 1824 New Monthly Mag. X. 498 We hired a boat to cross the herring pond Which intersects great Britain and fair France. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne i. ii. (1888) 157 I'd send them over the herring-pond if I could. |