[? f. FLEET sb.1 sense 3.] intr. ? To fish with a ‘fleet.’

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1630.  in Binnell, Descr. Thames (1758), 78. Item, That no Peter-man whatsoever, from London Bridge in the West, as far as the River Medway in the East, shall fleet for Flounders with any Rug-Net in the Night-time.

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