|
caplin n Cp Trésor de la langue française capelan, from
Prov (1558-): capelan, or poor cod Trisopterus minutus [OED power-cod, O
Sup2 poor-cod (1828-)]; DARE capelin (1824-).
1 1990 Evening Telegram 23 Jan, p. 5 Now Bishop's
Beach is deserted, not one caplin rolls ashore to spawn.
2
Attrib, comb: caplin baiting, ~ fishery, ~ glut: a great abundance of fish
appearing in inshore waters; GLUT, ~ season, ~ skiff: large undecked boat
employed to catch caplin; BAITSKIFF,; ~ trip: a period at sea using caplin for
bait.
1895 Evening Telegram 25 July The banking schooners
along the coast have returned from the grounds with from 400 to 500 quintals of fish for
the caplin baiting. 1988 Evening Telegram 15 June, p. 3 Fishing boats are
gathering near Holyrood and Harbour Grace today for the opening of the caplin fishery.
1986 FELTHAM 73 By the first week of August the cod has begun its trek back to the ocean
banks. No longer sluggish from the caplin glut, they can again be caught by jigger.
[1837] 1987 FIZZARD 83 Of course, during the caplin season, very large prices are held
out to our fishermen to bring them over. 1986 Evening Telegram 2 Aug, p. 12
During the caplin season the plant [at Trouty, T.B.] produced about 100,000 pounds of
caplin for the Japanese market. 1981 DAWE 49 "Poor Peter": The sirens of the south
wind/called a sleek, grey shark/long as a caplin skiff/to tangle, roll up, and die/in the
waiting mesh. 1984 KELLAND 82 The vessel which was owned by a Grand Bank firm had gone
out on a caplin trip, that is to say, she had onboard caplin for bait.
Go Back
|
