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Answer for the clue "Used for spearing fish (especially salmon) ", 7 letters:
leister

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Word definitions for leister in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. a spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish n. a spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leister \Leis"ter\, Lister \Lis"ter\(l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

Usage examples of leister.

Even if a "servant" this would seem to have been no bar, as Dotey and Leister were certainly such, yet signers.

It is evident that Dotey and Leister, the "servants" of Hopkins, were of English origin and accompanied their master from London.