leister

American  

[lee-ster] / ˈli stər /

noun

1. a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.

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verb (used with object)

1. to spear (fish) with a leister.

leister British  

/ ˈliːstə /

noun

1. a spear with three or more prongs for spearing fish, esp salmon

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verb

1. (tr) to spear (a fish) with a leister

Etymology

Origin of leister

1525–35; < Old Norse ljōstr salmon-spear, akin to ljōsta to strike

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Example Sentences

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leister

Saying this the reckless youth sallied forth with the spear or leister on his shoulder, and took the narrow bridle path leading up the glen.

From Erling the Bold by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

It does not fall to the lot of all men to handle with equal dexterity the brush, the pen, and the rod—to say nothing of the rifle—still less of the leister, under cloud of night.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

The leister of which Master Pearson spoke is a three-pronged fork used for spearing fish.

From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

Nevertheless, there was in that, too, a strong element of excitement, for the weapon used, the clodding or throwing leister, required no mean skill in the using.

From Stories of the Border Marches by Jeanie Lang

With this little leister the men cast up fish on the ice with incredible dexterity.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie

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