stockfish/ˈstɒkfɪʃ/EtymologyInherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), because the fish are dried on sticks or poles. Equivalent to stock + fish.stockfish means Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.nounCod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.“So the Prior of Saint Botolph’s hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the stockfish and ale, which was just serving out for the friars’ breakfast.”The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)