An enclosed area or structure built in water to trap and contain fish, often used historically for commercial fishing.
From Old English 'fisc' + 'pound' (from Latin 'pundus,' related to 'pens,' an enclosure). Medieval documents frequently mention fishpounds as valuable property.
Fishpounds were so economically important in medieval England that disputes over them sometimes sparked feuds between neighboring landowners—they represented guaranteed protein and income.
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