fishpool
See also: Fishpool
English
Etymology
From Middle English fischpol, from Old English fisċpōl (“fishpond”), equivalent to fish + pool.
Noun
fishpool (plural fishpools)
- A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
- 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
- “Yes,” said our father, when Jem asked him if we could go over and sit by Miss Rachel’s fishpool with Dill, as this was his last night in Maycomb.