padle
See also: padlé
English
Noun
padle (plural padles)
- (Scotland, dated) Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish.
- 1807, “Fish Market”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 69, page 364:
- The Padle of our market is the male Lump fish (Cyclopterus Lumpus.) The female is called Hush by our fishers; but it is seldom brought to market, being much inferior to the male for the table.
- 1809, John Roberton, A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, Regimen:
- The male lump-fish, or padle, is brought to market in April and May.
- 1838, Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the years 1831-37, volume 7:
- The Lump Fish or Padle, as it is named in Scotland is often taken in the Firth of Forth in the salmon-nets and Musselburgh and Queensferry, generally about the month of June, and entirely disappears after the month of August.
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
padle (present tense padlar, past tense padla, past participle padla, passive infinitive padlast, present participle padlande, imperative padle/padl)
- to paddle (a canoe, kayak etc.)
Alternative forms
References
- “padle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene
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