a deep-sea fishing ground off the Shetland and Orkney Islands
Word origin
Old English hæf sea; related to Old Norse haf; see heave
haaf in American English
(hɑːf)
noun
deep-sea fishing grounds off the Shetland and Orkney Islands
Word origin
[1785–95; ‹ Scand; cf. ON haf sea; c. OE hæf; akin to heave]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: commando, dualism, fossilize, guillotine, plateau