Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fishing ground or fishery: A place where fish are caught, often referring to a body of water or area where fishing rights are exercised.
   • The right or liberty of fishing: A legal term for the right to fish in waters that belong to another.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The coastal village's economy depended on the rich piscary just offshore.
  • The ancient charter granted the lord of the manor the piscary in the river.

Advanced Usage

• Common of piscary: A specific legal right, a type of "common" right, allowing a person to fish in another's waters.
  • The court case centered on whether the farmer held a common of piscary in the duke's lake.

Variants and Related Words

• Piscatorial (adj): Related to fishing or fishermen.
  • He wrote a book on the piscatorial traditions of the region.
• Pisciculture (n): The controlled breeding and rearing of fish; fish farming.
  • The decline of wild stocks has increased the importance of pisciculture.

Synonyms

• Fishery: A place or industry involved in catching, processing, or selling fish.
• Fishing ground: An area of water where fishing is carried out.

Notes on Meaning

This word is now considered archaic or highly specialized. In modern English, "fishery" is the standard term for a workplace or area where fish are caught and processed. "Piscary" is primarily encountered in historical or legal contexts, especially in the phrase "common of piscary."

Noun

1. a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold