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Definition of Fishing rod
1. Noun. A rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line.
Group relationships: Fishing Gear, Fishing Rig, Fishing Tackle, Rig, Tackle
Specialized synonyms: Fly Rod, Spinning Rod
Terms within: Reel, Stock
Generic synonyms: Rod
Definition of Fishing rod
1. Noun. A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishing Rod
Literary usage of Fishing rod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1911)
"DANIEL WEBSTER S FISHING-ROD | A fishing rod with an interesting history is on
view in one of the windows of the Dame-Stoddard Company's store, ..."
2. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"Portable Apparatus made of a fishing Rod.—Saussure's Electroscope and bis Mode
of estimating the Value of the Divergence*—Occasional Use of the Galvanometer ..."