单词 | half-round spade |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-round spade half-round spade n. Whaling (now historical) a spade with a concave blade, used to cut a hole in the blanket piece (blanket piece n.) in order to attach hooks to the blubber. Π 1879 G. B. Goode Catal. Coll. Animal Resources & Fisheries U.S.: Internat. Exhib. 1876 (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 14) 77 Half-round spades. For cutting ‘blanket’ piece, to allow blubber-hook to enter. 1984 T. G. Lytle Harpoons & Other Whalecraft vii. 139 A gouge spade, or half-round spade, was used to cut holes in the blubber for attaching hooks or blubber toggles. < as lemmas |
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