单词 | head spade |
释义 | > as lemmashead spade head spade n. Whaling (now historical) a bladed tool used to cut the bone which joins the whale's head to its body. ΚΠ 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. App. 310/1 The ‘head-spade’ is thicker and heavier than the ordinary cutting-spade, and is used in cutting the skull-bone. 1983 Austral. Jrnl. Hist. Archaeol. 1 48/1 These ‘blanket pieces’..were usually cut with boat spades of several types, such as head spades, cutting (or blubber) spades and bone spades. < as lemmas |
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