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klipkous S. Afr.|ˈklɪpkəʊs|
Also klipkoes, klipkos.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. klip rock + kous stocking.]
= sea-ear 1; abalone.
1731G. Medley tr. Kolb's Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 209 The Klip-Kousen are sometimes call'd, by the Virtuosi, Nabel-Snails. 1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape Good Hope I. ii. 26 A sort of snail or cockle, klipkous (Haliotis, Linn.) from half a foot to a foot and a half diameter, is usually stewed, but makes in my opinion a very unsavoury dish. 1843J. C. Chase Cape of Good Hope vii. 168 Klip Kous... A shell fish, most delicious, but requiring much trouble in the preparation. 1910D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxv. 303 The first muscadel grapes and the finest klip-kous from the rocks had invariably found their way across the sands to Meerlust. 1930C. L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes of Cape xviii. 260 The crushed remains of klipkoes or venus ear—a shellfish, Haliotis. 1947L. G. Green Tavern of Seas viii. 66 The perlemoen or klipkous, largest and most beautiful of Cape shellfish. 1950M. Masson Birds of Passage iii. 41 Souvenirs, among which was a Venus ear or klipkos whose brown crust had been scraped away to reveal the iridescent shell. 1966H. J. Duckitt Bk. Recipes 73 The Perlemoen, or Klipkous (stone-stocking) a species of shellfish found on many parts of the South African coast, adhering to the rocks. |