Sole

a salt water fish of the flatfish type; for which see TURBOT. Ten to twenty inches long. Weight, one to ten pounds. It frequents sandy shores in search of shellfish, and is taken by a trawl net dragged over the bottom of the sea. The sole season lasts from early spring till autumn. The markets of Paris and London receive immense quantities. Billingsgate market, London, disposes of 75,000 to 100,000 bushels of soles a year.