† catch-fishn.Roman HistoryObsoleterare a retiarius (retiariusn.). [Translating classical Latin pinnirapus, lit. ‘peak-snatcher’, generally understood to refer to the custom in which the victor in a gladiatorial contest took the pinna or crest from the helmet of his opponent, as a sign of victory. In a note on p. 53 of the text, Holyday explains his preference for a literal rendering of pinnirapus as 'fin-catcher’, believing that the retiarius took the helmet of his adversary, which was decorated with the design of a fish (compare quot. a1661 for catch-plumen.).]
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a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) iii. 40 Sons of some Catch-Fish, or chief Fencer.