graveling
(ˈgrævəlɪŋ)
Also 9 gravelin, gravelling.
[Of obscure origin; OF. had gravele as the name of some fish, perh. the minnow.]
The parr or young salmon.
| 1587 Harrison Descr. Eng. iii. iii. in Holinshed Chron. 224 A salmon is the first yeare a grauellin. 1744 Anc. & Pres. State County Down 235 A delicate small Fish..called ..in some Parts a Graveling. 1776 Twiss Tour Irel. 97 Roach, lamprey, and jenkins or graveling, which is a species of small trout. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 50 The Parr, or Samlet. The terms Brandling, Fingerling, Skirling, Gravelling..&c...referring either to some quality or habit observed in other species. 1861 Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 109 §4 All migratory fish of the genus salmon, whether known by the names..gravelling, shed, scad..or by any other local name. |