† ˈwastering, vbl. n. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 vastering.
[f. waster n.3 + -ing1.]
The action or process of taking fish with a ‘waster’; leistering.
| 1580 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 55/1 Cum omni alia piscatione salmonum..inter dict. bondas, sive reticulis et modo appellato vastering. 1634 Ibid. 70/2 Cum cetera piscatione salmonum..reticulis aut modo vocato wastering. |