fish-box

fish A square box, open on one side and closed on three sides. Those boxes are kept [-]in shacks[-] on a stage, in rows by the walls, where fishermen salt down each successive day's fish and keep them through various stages of drying. Slider-boards are placed in the open sides as fish are packe...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24922
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/24922 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 fish-box image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24922 eng eng F 1971 NOSEWORTHY Grand Bank 198-199 Grand Bank References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13787 F_13787_fish http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24922 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z fish A square box, open on one side and closed on three sides. Those boxes are kept [-]in shacks[-] on a stage, in rows by the walls, where fishermen salt down each successive day's fish and keep them through various stages of drying. Slider-boards are placed in the open sides as fish are packed in, and there is a cover on top which is locked by night. The dimensions are 6' long, 6' high,/ and 4' wide, and each box holds four to six quintals of fish. [1] A small box on the _stage head_ having a _slider board_ and one open side. The fish is covered with canvas. [2] [reverse] A box or flat platform on runners for hauling salt or fish. [3] W.J.KIRWIN JAN 1972 JH JAN 1972 DNE-cit [over] Used I Used I 3 Used I [see 'locker, 'fish locker', 'fish-pen Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
fish-box
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description fish A square box, open on one side and closed on three sides. Those boxes are kept [-]in shacks[-] on a stage, in rows by the walls, where fishermen salt down each successive day's fish and keep them through various stages of drying. Slider-boards are placed in the open sides as fish are packed in, and there is a cover on top which is locked by night. The dimensions are 6' long, 6' high,/ and 4' wide, and each box holds four to six quintals of fish. [1] A small box on the _stage head_ having a _slider board_ and one open side. The fish is covered with canvas. [2] [reverse] A box or flat platform on runners for hauling salt or fish. [3] W.J.KIRWIN JAN 1972 JH JAN 1972 DNE-cit [over] Used I Used I 3 Used I [see 'locker, 'fish locker', 'fish-pen
format Manuscript
title fish-box
title_short fish-box
title_full fish-box
title_fullStr fish-box
title_full_unstemmed fish-box
title_sort fish-box
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24922
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation F
1971 NOSEWORTHY Grand Bank 198-199
Grand Bank
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13787
F_13787_fish
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