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

References

• “crapefish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.