eeling, gerund and vbl. n.
(ˈiːlɪŋ)
[f. the vb.]
Fishing for eels.
| 1780 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1882) I. 104 Made an eel spear. Went eeling. Ibid., Went an eeling. 1843 Knickerbocker XXII. 426 No clammin', no eelin', and no pastur to feed your cows onto. 1895 Outing (U.S.) XXVI. 406/2 When he couldn't go eeling. 1955 E. S. Duckett St. Dunstan v. 135 In later years the fowling, eeling, and fisheries of the Fens..were to provide ample maintenance..for the abbeys. |