Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 30, 2025
Search: FISHING
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 487 | Long (1918) | FISHING | FISH | FISH: Sign for the animal "fish," place the end of the left open hand against the right forearm with the right hand extended outward, move the right hand from side to side like the tail of a fish in swimming; then make motion as if lifting a fish-pole in the hands. | 60 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=487&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 131 | Gallaudet (1910) | FISHING | N/A | ONE DAY(1h) J-O-H-N(l-hand) GOING INITIAL-W~WAY(trace-wavy-path) NAME W-A-T-E-R-S-L-I-D-E FOR FISHING | 12 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=131 |