fishing smack

7.0

A boat used to catch fish that has a tank to keep the catch alive

noun

: barco de pesca

The coastal village is known for its colorful fishing smacks that dot the harbor.

Examples

The fisherman returned home in his fishing smack, with a full load of fresh fish.
IT'S THE FISHING SMACK SANTIAGO.

Casablanca (1943)
In the late 1800s, pound-net fishermen also sold menhaden to crews on fishing smacks for use as bait.

Academic text (1990)
They searched for the fishing smack that had been reported missing during the storm.

Synonyms

fishing boat

vsfishing smack

32 1.1

A boat used for catching fish that often has a space to keep the fish alive

is a traditional named type often fitted with a tank to keep catch alive

fishing vessel

vsfishing smack

Specialized

6 3.2

A boat or ship used to catch fish, often with tanks to keep the fish alive

is a smaller traditional coastal type rather than large commercial seagoing craft

smack

vsfishing smack

Archaic

2 9.9

A small coastal sailing boat used for fishing

is a specific catch-carrying type often fitted with a tank

fishboat

vsfishing smack

2.8

A boat used for catching or carrying fish

is focused on a specific traditional catch-oriented craft, not general transport use

How Big

factory ship

Specialized

1 5.1

trawler

11 4.4

fishing smack

7.0

skiff

15 7.7

Surface Forms

fishing smack singular

fishing smacks plural

Morphology

fishing + smack

The compound simply combines 'smack' (a small fishing vessel) with the modifier 'fishing' to specify its purpose, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts. This is a straightforward noun + noun/nominal modifier composition that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand.

Etymology

Fishing smack comes from the word smack, an old name for a small working fishing boat. These boats often had a tank to keep fish alive, so fishing smack means 'a type of fishing boat' used to carry live catch.