piscicapture en · NOUN
Etymology
From pisci- + capture.
Meanings
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(dated, uncountable) The capture of fishes, as by angling.
Trescott […] threw doubts on the existence of fish in the river, and resorted to similar miserable subterfuges; indeed, it was subsequently discovered that he was an utter infidel in regard to the delights of piscicapture.
1863, William Howard Russell, My Diary North and South, page 142: