pilchard

American  

[pil-cherd] / ˈpɪl tʃərd /

noun

1. a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.

2. any of several related fishes, as Sardinops caeruleus, common off the California coast.

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pilchard British  

/ ˈpɪltʃəd /

noun

1. a European food fish, Sardina (or Clupea ) pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae (herrings)

2. a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus , of S Australian waters

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Etymology

Origin of pilchard

First recorded in 1520–30; earlier pilcher; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Susan Pilchard of Pilchard Designs, a Washington drapery and upholstery workroom, says upholstery can be worth it for a favorite piece.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2018

Susan Pilchard, of Pilchard Designs, a Washington drapery and upholstery workroom, says upholstery can be worth it for a favorite piece.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2018

One night last week he and Mrs. Pilchard sat listening to the radio.

From Time Magazine Archive

On his farm a mile outside of Stockton, Md., elderly Farmer Harvey Pilchard raised strawberries, potatoes, fruit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sober as a dove Day hovered in the sky, and that solemn change which is Death was somewhere near, hiding and waiting; and Pilchard and Death and the breaking Day were for one second alone.

From Life at High Tide by Alden, Henry Mills