Add to ORKGadmiral nIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the skipper of the English fishing vessel arriving first in a harbour in the spring was the "Fishing Admiral" for the season. He had his choice of location of fishing room - hence our expression.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story July 1956Used I and SupUsed INot usedskipper; fishing admiralChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 15 Jul 2014; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used
admiral nADMIRAL n. 1. From the 16c. to early 19c. the first English fishing vessel to enter a Nfl...
Vice-admiral n...that the Master of every such Second Fishing Ship as shall enter any such Harbour ...
admiral n...one store-house on admiral's room.PRINTED ITEM G.M. StoryOctober 1965Used I and SupUsed...
admiral n...That (according the Ancient Custom there used) every such Fishing Ship from England, W...
admiral n...the ship that first entered the harbour was to be admiral...PRINTED ITEM DNE-citDNE-c...
admiral nThe epithet of _admiral_ was also formerly applied to any large or leading ship, without ...
admiral nadmiral: applied to the oldest man of a settlementapplied to the oldest man of a settlement...
admiral nThe English are commonly lords of the harbour where they fish, and use all strangers' h...
admiral nShe froze in at the Admiral's beech [sic], now King's wharf.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citW.J. KIR...
admiral nPRINTED ITEM DNE-citGMS Nov 77Used I and SupUsed INot usedskipper; fishing admiralChecke...
admiral nAccording to a curious old custom, the sum of sixty pounds sterling is annually bestowed ...
admiral nMoreover as the maner [sic] is in their fishing, every weeke to choose their Admirall a n...
admiral n...in Every harbour the first arriving Ship is admiral of the harbour her Captain adminis...
ship nThus all those parts of the country which had at any time been used as 'Ships-rooms' since th...
admiral nMoreover as the maner is in their fishing, every weeke to choose their Admirall a new, or...
admiral nADMIRAL n. 1. From the 16c. to early 19c. the first English fishing vessel to enter a Nfl...
Vice-admiral n...that the Master of every such Second Fishing Ship as shall enter any such Harbour ...
admiral n...one store-house on admiral's room.PRINTED ITEM G.M. StoryOctober 1965Used I and SupUsed...
admiral n...That (according the Ancient Custom there used) every such Fishing Ship from England, W...
admiral n...the ship that first entered the harbour was to be admiral...PRINTED ITEM DNE-citDNE-c...
admiral nThe epithet of _admiral_ was also formerly applied to any large or leading ship, without ...
admiral nadmiral: applied to the oldest man of a settlementapplied to the oldest man of a settlement...
admiral nThe English are commonly lords of the harbour where they fish, and use all strangers' h...
admiral nShe froze in at the Admiral's beech [sic], now King's wharf.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citW.J. KIR...
admiral nPRINTED ITEM DNE-citGMS Nov 77Used I and SupUsed INot usedskipper; fishing admiralChecke...
admiral nAccording to a curious old custom, the sum of sixty pounds sterling is annually bestowed ...
admiral nMoreover as the maner [sic] is in their fishing, every weeke to choose their Admirall a n...
admiral n...in Every harbour the first arriving Ship is admiral of the harbour her Captain adminis...
ship nThus all those parts of the country which had at any time been used as 'Ships-rooms' since th...
admiral nMoreover as the maner is in their fishing, every weeke to choose their Admirall a new, or...
admiral nADMIRAL n. 1. From the 16c. to early 19c. the first English fishing vessel to enter a Nfl...
Vice-admiral n...that the Master of every such Second Fishing Ship as shall enter any such Harbour ...
admiral n...one store-house on admiral's room.PRINTED ITEM G.M. StoryOctober 1965Used I and SupUsed...