eeling

noun
eel·​ing | \ ˈē-liŋ How to pronounce eeling (audio) \

Definition of eeling

: the activity or business of catching eels go eeling Once the eeling peters out in late May or early June, he'll go back to lobstering for the summer.— Jamie Kageleiry

Examples of eeling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the communities coexisted, settlers intensified the fishery as cultural Mi’kmaw eeling declined. Karen Pinchin, Smithsonian, "The Epic Fight Over the Enigmatic Eel," 5 Feb. 2018

First Known Use of eeling

1780, in the meaning defined above

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