spec. A basket in which fish, esp. herrings, are landed or carried to market; hence as a measure, containing from 500 to 660 herrings. †Formerly…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket > for fish (12) swill1352 spec. A basket in which fish, esp. herrings, are landed or carried to market; hence as a measure, containing from 500 to 660 herrings. †Formerly… junketa1382 A basket, originally one made of rushes (cf. junk, n.2 1); spec. a basket in which fish are caught or carried. Chiefly English regional (northern)… fish-leepc1440 a fish-basket. weel?a1475 A basket, esp. one in which fish are kept. hask1579 A basket used to carry fish. swad1602 A fish-basket. roaring1615 The action of turning over salt herrings. Chiefly attributive. rope basket1811 kit1847 A kind of basket, esp. one made of straw or rushes for holding fish. Also in extended use, and, by metonymy, the contents of a kit, used as a measure… cawl1865 A basket; in modern Cornish dialect, a fish-basket or creel. roarer1887 A wooden basket used to carry salt herrings. Cf. roaring, n.2 Now historical. fish-basket1955 (a) a basket used for carrying fish (see compounds 2a(b)); (b) U.S. a creel for catching fish. |
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