Haaf
Definition of Haaf:
part of speech: adjective
Pert. to the deep- sea fishing off the Orkney and Shetland Islands- called the haaf- fishing.
Usage examples:
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I was three years with him at the fish- curing; and I was a little behind the first year I went to the haaf but it was not a great deal.
William Guthrie in "Second Shetland Truck System Report". -
7966. You don't go to the haaf
William Guthrie in "Second Shetland Truck System Report". -
10, 793. Do you think you could not go out to the haaf with a boat like that in winter as you do in summer?
William Guthrie in "Second Shetland Truck System Report". -
7086. How many years were you fishing at the haaf
William Guthrie in "Second Shetland Truck System Report".