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noun
A fillet of fish, typically mackerel, pickled in vinegar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
To prepare fish as a caveach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from Spanish escabeche (“pickled fish”), whence also the unadapted borrowing escabeche (see there for more); also a doublet of sikbaj.
