ˈshrimping, gerund and vbl. n.
[f. shrimp n. + -ing1.]
1. Catching shrimps.
| 1848 Maunder Treas. Nat. Hist. 617 Shrimp-catching, or Shrimping, as it is termed. 1862 Ansted Channel Isl. i. vi. 128 Shrimping is carried on by many of the women. 1876 ‘Ouida’ Winter City iii, The women..who go shrimping or oyster-hunting on fashionable sea-shores. |
| attrib. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 14 Model Shrimping Boat, showing how four shrimp nets are worked. 1886 Fenn Master Cerem. xxi, Fisherman Dick did his work with a shrimping net. |
2. Fishing with shrimp as a bait.
| 1931 Hardy's Anglers' Guide 31, I have had splendid sport, owing to this way of shrimping. |