† ˈangle-rod Obs.
[angle n.1]
A fishing-rod.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froissart I. ccccvi. 706 He had bene more vsed to fisshe with an angle rod. 1653 Walton Angler 170 Before you undertake your tryal of skil by the Angle-Rod. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 108 ¶3 He makes a May-fly to a Miracle; and furnishes the whole Country with Angle-Rods. 1775 in Ash; and in mod. Dicts. |