fishpond

noun

Etymology: From Middle English fishpond; equivalent to fish + pond.

1. A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.

   “Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.”

   “Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks.”