mackerelingn.

Brit.

/ˈmak(ə)rəlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmæk(ə)rəlɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– mackereling, 1800s– mackerelling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mackerel n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mackerel n.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. Fishing for mackerel.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for mackerel

shot-farec1736

mackerel fishery1769

mackereling1856

1856 J. Reynolds Peter Gott xiv. 167 When fishermen can make as much in a few weeks at mackerelling, as in as many months at codfishing,..they prefer to run their chance in the former.

1856 J. Reynolds Peter Gott xiv. 167 Mackerelling is often called a lottery.

1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 510/1 Among the rest are two of the singular ‘porgy steamers’ turned to mackereling.

1881 S. P. McLean Cape Cod Folks (ed. 8) iii. 62 I was going mackerellin' with ye myself that time.

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 604 Men who go mackereling.

1939 E. B. White One Man's Meat in Harper's Mag. May 441/2 Mackereling is the accepted Sabbath engagement in summertime.

1952 Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times 20 Mar. 8/7 His present seiner is the Jean and Patricia which stays with mackereling only.

2. A patterned effect like that of a mackerel's back, esp. as formed by clouds. rare.In early use recorded only in Hopkins.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun]

variety1555

piedness1588

variegation1646

variegatedness1668

motleyness1819

chequering1847

mackereling1866

sparkiness1868

piebaldness1875

particolouring1880

piebaldism1881

piebalding1886

1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 139 Scud spots etc, and some very faintly made out mackerelling.

1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 139 Bright, with mackerelling now and then.

1883 G. M. Hopkins Let. 21 Dec. in G. M. Hopkins & R. D. Dixon Corr. (1955) 165 I have further noticed streamers, fine ribbing or mackerelling, and other..textures.

2000 Re: About Clandestine Weather Modification in sci.environment (Usenet newsgroup) 4 June There is no mistaking the mackereling of cirrocumulus with the merging of bars of successive contrails observed last week.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mackereling
释义	mackerelingn. Brit. /ˈmak(ə)rəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmæk(ə)rəlɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– mackereling, 1800s– mackerelling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mackerel n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mackerel n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. Fishing for mackerel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for mackerel shot-farec1736 mackerel fishery1769 mackereling1856 1856 J. Reynolds Peter Gott xiv. 167 When fishermen can make as much in a few weeks at mackerelling, as in as many months at codfishing,..they prefer to run their chance in the former. 1856 J. Reynolds Peter Gott xiv. 167 Mackerelling is often called a lottery. 1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 510/1 Among the rest are two of the singular ‘porgy steamers’ turned to mackereling. 1881 S. P. McLean Cape Cod Folks (ed. 8) iii. 62 I was going mackerellin' with ye myself that time. 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 604 Men who go mackereling. 1939 E. B. White One Man's Meat in Harper's Mag. May 441/2 Mackereling is the accepted Sabbath engagement in summertime. 1952 Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times 20 Mar. 8/7 His present seiner is the Jean and Patricia which stays with mackereling only. 2. A patterned effect like that of a mackerel's back, esp. as formed by clouds. rare.In early use recorded only in Hopkins. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] variety1555 piedness1588 variegation1646 variegatedness1668 motleyness1819 chequering1847 mackereling1866 sparkiness1868 piebaldness1875 particolouring1880 piebaldism1881 piebalding1886 1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 139 Scud spots etc, and some very faintly made out mackerelling. 1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 139 Bright, with mackerelling now and then. 1883 G. M. Hopkins Let. 21 Dec. in G. M. Hopkins & R. D. Dixon Corr. (1955) 165 I have further noticed streamers, fine ribbing or mackerelling, and other..textures. 2000 Re: About Clandestine Weather Modification in sci.environment (Usenet newsgroup) 4 June There is no mistaking the mackereling of cirrocumulus with the merging of bars of successive contrails observed last week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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