A stew pond or stewpond or stew is a fish pond used to store live fish ready for eating.Nash, Colin (2011) The History of Aquaculture p. 28–29, John Wiley and Sons. .
In medieval Europe, monasteries often maintained attached stews to supply fish over the winter.
See also Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture Corf
References
Woolrych, Humphry William (1853) A treatise of the law of waters p. 133, T & J W Johnson.