fishgig

American

[fish-gig] / ˈfɪʃˌgɪg /

noun

a spearlike implement with barbed prongs for spearing fish in the water.

fishgig British

/ ˈfɪʃˌɡɪɡ /

noun

Also: fizgig. a pole with barbed prongs for impaling fish

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Etymology

Origin of fishgig

1635–45; alteration (by association with fish ) of fizgig, probably by folk etymology < Spanish fisga harpoon

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Their weapons are chiefly lances, swords and slings, and some bows and arrows: they have also wooden fishgigs for striking fish.

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