stockfish
Meaning
Noun
- A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
- The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis (species))
Related
Similar words
- South African hake
Origin
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- From Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch, since the fish were dried in the wind on wooden frames, as still happens today in Lofoten, Norway. Equivalent to stock + fish.
- From Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis.
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