fishgig

[fish-gig]

noun

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

fishgig

/ ˈfɪʃˌɡɪɡ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fishgig¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fishgig¹

C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps altered from Spanish fisga harpoon

Example Sentences

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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