crapefish

English

Alternative forms

crape-fish

Noun

crapefish (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
    • 1856, Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorations:
      We saw the codfish here in all the stages of preparation for the table and the market; the stockfish, dried in the open air, without salt; crapefish, salted and pressed

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