lobster pound

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === lobster pound (plural lobster pounds) (chiefly Northern Atlantic region of Canada, US) A large commercial enclosure filled with circulating water in which lobsters are kept alive pending sale. 1987 March 27, Clayton Beal, "Lobster pound being built on east side of Pero Point," Bangor Daily News (Maine, USA), p. 8 (retrieved 28 July 2012): The new lobster pound under construction on the east side of Pero Point is expected to begin receiving its first lobsters during the annual fall lobster harvest in November. === References === "Lobster pound" explained on Lobstering History page at Gulf of Maine Research Institute