A vessel engaged in the Greenland whaling industry. Now historical.

(a) A long carvel-built boat, sharp at both ends, and steered with a rudder or an oar, used in whale-fishing. (b) A boat of this kind carried as a…

= whaler, n. 1 2.

= whaler, n. 2.

A vessel used in whale-fishing.

A whaleboat; (occasionally also) a person engaged in whaling; = whaler, n. 1 2. Now historical.

= whale-boat, n.

A ship or other vessel used in catching fish or hunting whales. Frequently (and in earliest use) with preceding modifying word indicating the…

a person or vessel engaged in the capture of sperm-whales.

a whaling ship.

A whaling ship employed in short voyages; (also) a member of the crew of such a ship. Cf. plum-pudding voyage n. at plum pudding, n. adj.compounds 2.

In parasynthetic nouns with suffix -er, suffix1 (chiefly colloquial), denoting individuals of a certain rank or size, as five-boater, five-master…

a boat used in bay whaling.