fishing

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

Etymology: From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

The act of catching fish.
“We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.”
“Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.”
The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
“This is good news for the fishing industry.”
A fishery, a place for catching fish.
“the rent of the fishings”
“Generally speaking, the only fishings which appear separately in Valuation Rolls as having a lettable value in their actual state from year to year are salmon-fishings.”

Etymology: From fish + -ing.