Definition of "gilling" [gilling]

• The act or process of catching fish with gill-nets. (noun)
• A salmon of the second year. See the extract. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "That's one of the reasons -- and I'm not gilling the lily -- your C-SPAN at least puts on reality."
• "Seines are long nets with meshes small enough to prevent the desired fish from gilling (filtering nets)."
• "Pull about three inches of wool from the sliver and perform upon it the operation of gilling by combing it with the coarse comb."