[f. SPEAR v.3] The action of piercing, killing, etc., with a spear. Also attrib.
1779. Cook, Third Voy., VI. v. (1784), III. 297. Our diversion was therefore changed to spearing of salmon.
1839. T. C. Hofland, Brit. Angler’s Man., xv. (1841), 184. The spearing-ground generally chosen, is a soft, sandy, or grassy bottom.
1876. ‘Wildfowler,’ Shooting & Fishing Trips, II. 263. He resumed his spearing [of eels].
1900. Isabel Savory, Sportswoman in India, i. 16. Spearing on the near side of a horse is most dangerous, and is not allowed.
