haberdinehaberdine means cod salted and dried. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.EtymologyFrom Dutch abberdaan, labberdaan, or a French [Term?] form. Compare Old French habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, and French Labourd, adjective Labourdin. The letter l was misunderstood as the French article l'.nouncod salted and dried.“Yet can I set my Gallio's dieting, A pestle of a lark, or plover's wing; And warn him not to cast his wanton eyne On grosser bacon, or salt haberdine”