A
fish flake is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying
cod on the foreshore of fishing villages and small coastal towns in
Newfoundland and
Nordic countries. Spelling variations for fish flake in Newfoundland include
flek,
fleyke,
fleake,
flaik and
fleack Its first recorded use in connection with fishing appeared in
Richard Whitbourne's book
Newfoundland (1623, p. 57). In Norway, a flake is known as a
hjell.