cachalot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cachalot
1740–50; < French ≪ Portuguese cacholote, equivalent to cachol ( a ) pate, noggin (of obscure origin) + -ote augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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Everything was rubbed and scrubbed and scoured until no speck or soil could be found; indeed, no gentleman's yacht or man-of-war is kept more spotlessly clean than was the CACHALOT.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
Only one fell to our lot in the CACHALOT, but it was just as well.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
Whether from superstition or not I cannot tell, but I never saw any creature injured out of pure wantonness, except sharks, while I was on board the CACHALOT.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
And now the cruise of the good old whaling barque CACHALOT, as far as whaling is concerned, comes to an end.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
As we passed under her stern, I read the name CACHALOT, of New Bedford; but as soon as we ranged alongside, I realized that I was booked for the sailor's horror—a cruise in a whaler.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
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