fishpool

noun

fishpool

noun

Etymology From Middle English fischpol, from Old English fisċpōl (“fishpond”), equivalent to fish + pool.

1

A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.

  • “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.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

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