Synonyms:
shad
Meaning: herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Synonyms:
shad
Meaning: bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
Usage examples
To Bake a Fresh Shad.
7.--Jewish Stewed Shad.
After the war Remsen came back to his polo and shad.
Clean and cut a shad into large slices; sprinkle with salt, pepper and ginger.
The war was a great lark to him, so that he scarcely regretted polo and planked shad.
Make a stuffing of bread, butter, salt, pepper and parsley; fill a large shad with this, and bake it in a stove or oven.
A fat shad is very nice boiled, although rock and bass are preferred generally; when done, take it up on a fish dish, and cover it with egg sauce or drawn butter and parsley.