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‖ cabilliau, cabeliau|kabijo, ˈkabiljau| Also kabbelow. [a. F. cabillaud, cabliau, Du. kabeljauw, a name used (according to Franck) by all the coast Germans since the 14th c.; MLG. kabelaw, Ger. kabliau, kabeljau, Sw. kabeljo, Da. kabeljau, med.L. cabellauwus (a.d. 1133 in Carpentier's Du Cange). It has been generally regarded as a transposed form of bakeljauw, bakkeljau, bacalao, which is however not compatible with the history of that word, q.v.] Cod-fish; ‘codfish which has been salted and hung for a few days, but not thoroughly dried; also, a dish of cod mashed’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
1696W. Mountague Delights Holland 36 A good Dish of Cabilliau, Cod-Fish, of which the Dutch in general are great Admirers. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape of G. Hope II. 188 At the Cape there are several sorts of the fish call'd Cabeliau. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Kabbelow. |