|
|
Definition of Angling
1. Noun. Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole).
Specialized synonyms: Fly-fishing, Troll, Trolling
Examples of category: Fish Lure, Fisherman's Lure
Definition of Angling
1. n. The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Definition of Angling
1. Verb. (context: fishing) (present participle of angle) ¹
2. Noun. a form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Angling
1. the sport of fishing [n -S]
Medical Definition of Angling
1. The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Angling
Literary usage of Angling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"[by Pickering] of books on angling, 1835. Note. Catal. has separate title of
bibliotheca piscatoria, 1836, and was so issued in that year ; it was based on ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"angling Г Л HE art of angling, or of catching fish by a rod and line, _|_ is of very
... The practice of angling may be arranged under three heads, viz., ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1875)
"Barker's Delight, or The Whole Art of angling. London, 1657. 6. ... 18. An Angler's
Rambles and angling Songs. By TT Stoddart. Edinburgh, 1866. ..."
4. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1909)
"A catalogue of books on angling; with some brief notices of several of their
authors. ... angling literature in England, and descriptions of fishing by the ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"LM (Leonard Mascall) ranks asan angling author, but he did little more than borrow
and edit the treatise. The same may be said of another version of The ..."
6. The Diary of Master William Silence: A Study of Shakespeare & of Elizabethan by Dodgson Hamilton Madden (1897)
"NOTE III SHAKESPEARE ON angling The fishing near Stratford is thus described in
the truthful pages of the Angler's Diary: ' On Avon, pike, bream, roach, ..."
Other Resources:
