Shoal (?), n. [AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See Skill, and cf. School. of fishes.] A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; — said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. “Great shoals of people.” Bacon.
Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller.