[f. FISH v.2 + -ED1.] Strengthened, or fastened together, with a fish or fishes. Fished-beam (see quot. 1846).

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1846.  Buchanan, Techn. Dict., Fished-beam, a beam bellying on the underside.

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1875–6.  Price Williams, in Proc. Inst. Civ. Engin., XLVI. 160. The relative strength of the fished ends of the rail as compared with that of the solid part.

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1882.  Nares, Seamanship (ed. 6), 235. Fished yards are heaviest on the damaged side.

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1888.  Lockwood’s Dict. Terms Mech. Eng., 141. Fish joint, or Fished joint.

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