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fish flake

noun

  1. a platform for drying fish.


fish flake

noun

  1. a platform on which fish are dried
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fish flake1

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
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Example Sentences

To own an extensive fish-flake was, in that neighborhood, a sure sign of being well to do in the world.

Time passed on, and Chloe went her rounds, from house-service to the field, and from field-service to the fish-flake.

Then the bridegroom was ordered to go to ploughing, and the bride was sent to the fish-flake.

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