haberdine

Meaning

cod salted and dried.

Synonyms

cod-fish

duffy

Newfoundland fish

bacaleau

baccalao

baccale

baccalo

bank fish

berry fish

blackberry fish

bull dog

codd

codde

fall fish

foxy tom-cod

bank cod

grog fish

harbour tom-cod

inshore cod

kil’din cod

logy fish

mother fish

northern cod

old soaker

red-cod

tally fish

tom-cod

trap cod

trap fish

Etymology

In summary

From Dutch abberdaan, labberdaan, or a French [Term?] form. Compare Old French habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, and French Labourd, adjective Labourdin. The letter l was misunderstood as the French article l’.

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