The act or occupation of fishing for eels; the practice of catching eels using various methods.
Gerund or present participle of the verb 'to eel,' formed by adding '-ing' (Old English '-ing'). Dates back to at least the 13th century in English records.
Medieval tax records mention 'eeling rights' as valuable property—the fact that people taxed eeling as an occupation shows eels generated enough profit to be worth controlling.
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