stockfish

(stäk′fis̸h′)

any fish cured by being split and hung in the open air to dry without salt, as cod, haddock, etc.

Origin: ME stokfysshe < MDu stokvisch < stok, stick (see stock) + visch, fish

See stockfish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. stockfish stockfish or stock·fish·es

A fish, such as a cod or haddock, cured by being split and air-dried without salt.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English stokfish

Origin: , translation of Middle Dutch stocvisch

Origin: : stoc, tree limb (perhaps from its being dried on wooden racks)

Origin: + vische, fish

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD