(archaic or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
(uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
(uncountable) A cardgame in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
(poker) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
(countable, nautical) A makeshiftoverlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
“They live by their fishings, and are reputed to be the best boatsmen and cragsmen in the archipelago.”
“The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers.”
“As salmon fishings are currently valued at between five and eight thousand pounds for each fish caught on an average year, it is easy to see why he is keen to offload pronto.”