Talk:skate
Latest comment: 3 months ago by The Editor's Apprentice in topic Which sense is this? Missing?
Which sense is this? Missing? edit
In Kipling's Captains Courageous [1] "How many skates you reckon we'll need?" Something to do with fishing, or preparing fishing bait. Not ice skates, I think, nor the type of fish called skate. Equinox ◑ 22:17, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe its the sense the OED has as "A set of tackle for halibut-fishing, etc., used chiefly on the Pacific Coast of North America." —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 06:28, 26 February 2024 (UTC)