leister

Alternative forms

• lister

Etymology

From Old Norse ljóstr; compare with Danish lyster and Norwegian Bokmål lyster.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːstə(r)

Noun

leister (plural leisters)

1. A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish.

Verb

leister (third-person singular simple present leisters, present participle leistering, simple past and past participle leistered)

1. (transitive) To catch (fish) with a spear of this kind.

References

• “leister” (US) / “leister” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• reliest, retiles, sterile