fishing banks

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plural noun

a relatively shallow area of the sea in which fish are usually abundant.

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Origin of fishing banks

First recorded in 1755–65

Words nearby fishing banks

fish hatchery, fish hawk, fishhook, fishhook cactus, fishing, fishing banks, fishing expedition, fishing ground, fishing pole, fishing rod, fishing smack

How to use fishing banks in a sentence

It had to do with the memory of more than a hundred men who had been lost in a September gale off the fishing banks.
Glory of Youth|Temple Bailey
They were to sail for the fishing banks on the morrow, and Judson suggested they have a little family party.
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace
After a sail of three hours' beating against the wind, we came to the fishing banks and towards our buoys.
The Land of the Long Night|Paul du Chaillu
Argall missed his way and went north to the fishing banks of Newfoundland, while Somers died in the Bermudas.
England in America, 1580-1652|Lyon Gardiner Tyler

It is also well known that we have a number of rivals in this business desirous of excluding us from the fishing banks altogether.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton