stockfish
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), since the fish were dried in the wind on wooden frames, as still happens today in Lofoten, Norway. Equivalent to stock + fish.
Noun
stockfish (countable and uncountable, plural stockfishes or stockfish)
- A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- So the Prior of Saint Botolph’s hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the stockfish and ale, which was just serving out for the friars’ breakfast.
Translations
cured fish
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Further reading
Etymology 2
From Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis.
Noun
stockfish (plural stockfishes or stockfish)
- (South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Synonyms
- (Merluccius capensis): South African hake
Coordinate terms
- (Merluccius capensis): deep-water Cape hake (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Further reading
Merluccius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Merluccius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Merluccius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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