The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.] Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid.
WordNet
n. a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive [syn: fishing boat, fishing vessel]
Usage examples of "fishing smack".
Her left knee and ribs were aching from her brush with the gunwales of the fishing smack an hour earlier.
Bellowing in imitation of a sailing master, Reiver narrowly missed ramming an incoming fishing smack.
He was about to begin the big project of the year, a canvas for the Salon, and had chosen for his subject a fishing smack being drawn up on the beach at Scheveningen by horses.
And smashed squarely down upon it was a small boat--an island yawl or a fishing smack.
They hadn't seen anything larger than a fishing smack the entire flight.
They sighted what they thought was a fishing smack on the horizon, showing dimly in the early dawn.
However, he reached the fishing smack's mooring without any ncidents.
Ortaias Sphrantzes might have lost the transmarine suburbs of the capital, but when his forces pulled out they left behind few vessels larger than a fishing smack.