alewhap

English

Noun

alewhap (plural alewhaps)

1. (obsolete, regional) an alewife
   • 1877, John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States:

     Alewife plur. Alewives. (Alosa Vernalis Storer.) A fish of the herring kind, abounding in the waters of New England . In Mary-land and Virginia they are called "old wives;" Alewhap, plur. Alewhaps, in Connecticut