Obs. [ANGLE sb.1] A fishing-rod.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froissart, I. ccccvi. 706. He had bene more vsed to fisshe with an angle rod.
1653. Walton, Angler, 170. Before you undertake your tryal of skil by the Angle-Rod.
1711. Addison, Spect., No. 108, ¶ 3. He makes a May-fly to a Miracle; and furnishes the whole Country with Angle-Rods.
1775. in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.