haberdine

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noun

cod salted and dried.

OriginDutch abberdaan ← French [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounhaberdine (countable and uncountable, plural haberdines)

plural haberdines

  1. countableuncountablecod salted and dried.

    Yet can I set my Gallio's dieting, A pestle of a lark, or plover's wing; And warn him not to cast his wanton eyne On grosser bacon, or salt haberdine

    1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Origin

  1. French[Term?]
  2. Dutchabberdaan
  3. Englishhaberdine

From Dutch abberdaan, labberdaan, or a French [Term?] form. Compare Old French habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, and French Labourd, adjective Labourdin. The letter l was misunderstood as the French article l'.

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APA

haberdine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haberdine

MLA

“haberdine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haberdine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haberdine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haberdine.

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