DCHP-1 Online

hung fish North

• fish, especially whitefish, partially dried and cured in the sun and wind by being hung by their tails to a pole, used as winter feed for sled-dogs.

  See also: dried fish  

  • 1830  (1963)  . . . they brought a few hung fish but no fresh ones. . . .
  • 1839  (1938)  If you want Pemican . . . I have an over abundance . . . and plenty of hung fish.
  • 1956  I knew we would require some "hung fish"--semi-dried fish--for winter travel, but how many would we need in all?