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n.
See 1883 quote.
See: cod-flake,drying stage,fish-flake,fishing stage(def. 2),stage ((n.))(def. 2),bawn,yaffle(meaning 1c)
Quotations
1620
There are also some, who arriuing first in Harbor, take away other mens Salt that they had left there the yeere before . . . and some teare downe Flakes, whereon men yeerely dry their fish, to their great hurt and hinderance of many other that come after them.
1771
We got one raft on shore there, and I fixed on the place for the stage, flakes, and the shoreman's house.
1883
The flake consists of a horizontal framework of small poles, covered with spruce-boughs, and supported by upright poles, the air having free access beneath. Here the cod are spread to bleach in the sun and air. . . .
1963
In L'Anse-A-Beaufils [Quebec] you will still see the cod drying on the flakes, instead of being fast-frozen and packed in fancy plastic bags.