Definition of English sole

1. Noun. Highly valued almost pure white flesh.

Exact synonyms: Lemon Sole
Group relationships: Lemon Sole, Microstomus Kitt
Generic synonyms: Fillet Of Sole, Sole

2. Noun. Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America.
Exact synonyms: Lemon Sole, Parophrys Vitulus
Generic synonyms: Sole
Group relationships: Genus Parophrys, Parophrys

Lexicographical Neighbors of English Sole

English people
English person
English plantain
English plus
English primrose
English professor
English rhinoplasty
English rose
English roses
English runner bean
English saddle
English saddles
English setter
English sole (current term)
English sonnet
English sonnets
English sparrow
English springer
English springer spaniel
English strong ale
English studies
English sweating disease
English system
English teacher
English toy spaniel
English violet
English walnut

Literary usage of English sole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"... Mussels Mariniere 60 English sole Colbert 1 00 Planked ... 60 English sole Bonne Femme 110 Son Clams Canadienne 65 Fillet of Flounder Mornay 55 Broiled ..."

2. Distinctive Automobile Garments & Requisites: Exclusive Imported and by Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.) (1905)
"... it Kit of English sole Leather ior four persons; twenty-four and one-half ... of English sole Leather for six persons; thirty and one- half inches long, ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"English sole leather has long had the reputation of being the best in the world, and its better grades are superior to any other manufactured, ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1867)
"... but our English sole surpasses them all. After dining, G. invariably proposed an adjournment " to have a drink." We therefore bend our course to ..."

5. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"This is the flounder called "English sole" by the local fishermen, a toothsome creature resembling the true sole of Europe — Solea solea — in flavor, ..."

6. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"... Mussels Mariniere 60 English sole Colbert 1 00 Planked ... 60 English sole Bonne Femme 110 Son Clams Canadienne 65 Fillet of Flounder Mornay 55 Broiled ..."

7. Distinctive Automobile Garments & Requisites: Exclusive Imported and by Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.) (1905)
"... it Kit of English sole Leather ior four persons; twenty-four and one-half ... of English sole Leather for six persons; thirty and one- half inches long, ..."

8. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"English sole leather has long had the reputation of being the best in the world, and its better grades are superior to any other manufactured, ..."

9. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1867)
"... but our English sole surpasses them all. After dining, G. invariably proposed an adjournment " to have a drink." We therefore bend our course to ..."

10. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"This is the flounder called "English sole" by the local fishermen, a toothsome creature resembling the true sole of Europe — Solea solea — in flavor, ..."

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