Angling. (a) A rudimentary fishing rod used without fittings other than a line attached to the tip; (also) any fishing rod (now chiefly North American…

†(a) a pole or mast used to support a telescope (obsolete rare); (b) (in later use) an extendable telescopic pole; spec. (Angling) = telescope rod n.

a rod for fly-fishing.

A fishing-rod used in ‘dopping’ or dapping.

A kind of fishing-rod: see quot. 1688, and cf. whip, v. 8.

a fishing-rod which can be taken to pieces and carried in a case.

an extendable and retractable fishing rod consisting of sections which slide within one another.

A fishing rod made of this wood.

(see spin, v. 10.)

a spliced fishing-rod with a strong loop of horse-hair at the top for the attachment of the line.

a type of rod used in fishing for roach.

a fishing-rod composed of short joints for convenience in packing (U.S.).

A fishing-rod used for sea-fishing (rod, n.1 5a).