pilchard — [ pilʃar ] n. m. • 1803; mot angl. d o. i. ♦ Sardine de la Manche. « On pêche encore, dans de certains creux, des plies et des pilchards » (Hugo). Une boîte de pilchards à l huile. ● pilchard nom masculin (anglais pilchard) Nom donné à la sardine … Encyclopédie Universelle
Pilchard — Pil chard, n. [Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small European food fish ({Clupea pilchardus}) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. [1913 Webster] Fools… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pilchard — (spr. Piltscherd), 1) eine Art Häring, s.d. 1) a) dd); 2) gepreßte u. beim Einsalzen wie P e behandelte Häringe … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pilchard — (engl., spr. píltsch ), s. Sardine … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Pilchard — (Clupea pilchardus), Art Häring, mit größeren Schuppen u. fetterem Fleische, wird namentlich an den engl. Küsten im Juli und August gefangen u. wie andere Häringe zubereitet … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
pilchard — (n.) fish of the herring family, 1540s, earlier pilcher (1520s), of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
pilchard — ► NOUN ▪ a small marine food fish of the herring family. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
pilchard — [pil′chərd] n. [earlier pilcher < ?] a member of any of two genera (Sardina and Sardinops) of small, oily, marine clupeid fishes; esp., the commercial sardine (Sardina pilchardus) of W Europe … English World dictionary
pilchard — UK [ˈpɪltʃə(r)d] / US [ˈpɪltʃərd] noun [countable] Word forms pilchard : singular pilchard plural pilchards 1) a type of small fish that lives in the sea around Europe 2) this fish eaten as food, usually sold in cans (= metal containers) … English dictionary
pilchard — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1530 1. a fish (Sardina pilchardus) of the herring family that occurs in great schools along the coasts of Europe compare sardine 1 2. any of several sardines related to the European pilchard … New Collegiate Dictionary