stockfish.
Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
Meaning & usage
Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), because the fish are dried on sticks or poles. Equivalent to stock + fish.
The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis.
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