stockfish

[ stok-fish ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) stock·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) stock·fish·es.
  1. fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.

Origin of stockfish

1
1250–1300; Middle English stocfish<Middle Dutch stocvisch.See stock, fish

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British Dictionary definitions for stockfish

stockfish

/ (ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ) /


nounplural -fish or -fishes
  1. fish, such as cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air

Origin of stockfish

1
C13: of uncertain origin. Perhaps from stock (in the sense: stem, tree trunk) because it was dried on wooden racks. Compare Middle Dutch stocvisch

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