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:

• 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".