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whaleboat

[ hweyl-boht, weyl- ]

noun

  1. a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, whale, whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.


whaleboat

/ ˈweɪlˌbəʊt /

noun

  1. a narrow boat from 20 to 30 feet long having a sharp prow and stern, formerly used in whaling Also calledwhaler
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whaleboat1

First recorded in 1665–75; whale 1 + boat
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Example Sentences

After a half an hour, we were approached by a whaleboat, also marked with a lantern upon her, and the two drifted without words until they were joined in comfortable parallel.

He’s also particularly proud of a 30-foot-long whaleboat piece inside Facebook’s South Lake Union offices, but the audience for that is limited to the outpost’s 1,600 employees.

Throughout the morning, families streamed aboard to tour the ship and take part in whaleboat demos and chantey singing, oblivious to us and our bedrolls.

Mr. Dyer has also found journals that illustrate seamen’s hunting triumphs on specific whaleboats, although other archival records of the voyages show the slaughters never actually happened.

The twenty men cowering in three small whaleboats feared that they too would soon face the same fate.

From Salon

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