Whaleship
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ship used for hunting whales.
"For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed."
Example
More examples"For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed."
Etymology
From whale + ship.
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