whaling port

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noun

a home port for whaling vessels.

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Words nearby whaling port

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How to use whaling port in a sentence

It was an important whaling port early in the 18th century, and became prominent as a watering-place late in that century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various
However, New Bedford, Massachusetts, is the greatest whaling port in the world.
Elsie's Winter Trip|Martha Finley
He was born in Fairhaven, a fishing village just over the bridge from the great whaling port, New Bedford.
Frenzied Finance|Thomas W. Lawson
From that year New Bedford began to assume her distinctive character as the whaling port preëminent of the world.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886|Various

New Bedford, greatest whaling port in the world; pop., 33,393.
Alden's Handy Atlas of the World|John B. Alden