Middle English Dictionary Entry
poullok n.
Entry Info
Forms | poullok n. |
Etymology | Celt.; cp. Sc.Gael. pollag, Ir. pollóg, applied to various fresh-water fish of the genus Coregonus found in the British Isles; also apparently applied to an unrelated salt-water fish having some superficial resemblance to the genus Coregonus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The pollack of the coastal waters of Europe (Pollachius pollachius).
Associated quotations
- (1427-8) Port Bk.in Sou.RS 1516 : Demi c de poullok, cust. j d.