salt bulk n also saltbulk.
3 1981 SPARKES 187 After a period in 'salt bulk', the fish had to be washed by hand with mops and brushes; then it had to be 'made'. 1988 Evening Telegram 18 Jan, p. 3 It takes 1.53 pounds of saltbulk to make one pound of dried salt fish because during the drying process, there is a moisture loss resulting in a weight reduction of 60 to 70 percent.
4 Phr sell salt-bulk.
1987 Evening Telegram 17 Mar, p. 4 About $500,000 is being paid out to fishermen who sold their catches either as fresh split or as saltbulk.
5 Attrib ~ fish.
1988 Evening Telegram 26 July, p. 3 A large shipment of salt bulk fish...left Argentia by vessel Saturday morning, consigned to a buyer in Portugal.
