fish wheel

American  

[fish weel] / ˈfɪʃ ˈwil /

noun

fish wheels plural

1. a trap used for fishing in rivers, consisting of a revolving wheel that is turned by the current and has nets or baskets to scoop the fish out of the water as they swim past.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fish wheels
  plural

Example Sentences

In 2015, the Stickwan family prevailed and won possession of its 1.3-acre fish wheel site on the river and a legal right-of-way to it over other church property.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2021

A fish wheel resembles a watermill that harnesses a river’s current to spin a wheel fitted with baskets that can scoop up salmon as they travel to spawning grounds upstream.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2021

But then the state fish and game people stopped us from usin' the fish wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘When in the Zodiac the fish wheel round, They loose the floods and irrigate the ground.’

From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous

The Wildcat made a line fast and threw the end of it into the hull of the fish wheel.

From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh