Sekirov Dictionary

leister

UK /ˈliːstə/US /ˈlistɚ/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

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A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon.
- Rob Runchy, as a forlorn hope, once threw his clodding leister at a drowning man floating down the Yarrow in a high flood, and hauled him out with the lyams unharmed. — 1843

verb1

To catch or spear (fish) with a leister.

forms

leistered · leistering · leisters

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