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From Middle English fishpond; equivalent to fish +‎ pond.

fishpond (plural fishponds)

1. A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
   • 1987 January 18, Paula Deitz, “ISLAND LIVING, ENGLISH STYLE”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.

   • 1990 April 1, Pete Dunne, “IN THE NATURAL STATE”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks.

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