† ˈebberman Obs.
Also 6–8 hebberman.
[f. ebber, agent-noun f. ebb v. (sense 3) + man.]
(See quot. 1715.)
| 1715 Kersey, Hebberman, one that fishes below Bridge, commonly at ebbing Water, etc. 1720 Stow's Surv. (ed. Strype 1754) I. i. vii. 35/1 A number of fishermen belonging to the..Thames some stiled..hebbermen. Ibid. II. v. xxvii. 480/2 No..Hebberman shall..fish for smelts, between Good Friday and, etc. 1721–90 in Bailey. |