Middle English Dictionary Entry
racle-fish n.
Entry Info
Forms | racle-fish n. |
Etymology | MDu., MLG rakel-visch. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some kind of stockfish, prob. dried halibut.
Associated quotations
- (a1400) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.216 : De qualibet centena de stockfissh vocat' raclefissh et coursfissh, ven. iiii d.