fishpool

A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.

Noun

  1. A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
    • “Yes,” said our father, when Jem asked him if we could go over and sit by Miss Rachel’s fishpool with Dill, as this was his last night in Maycomb. - 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.;...

Origin

From Middle English fischpol, from Old English fisċpōl (“fishpond”), equivalent to fish + pool.

Forms

fishpools