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单词 horse-piece
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horse-piece n. a large piece of whale's blubber; esp. a tough piece put under the pieces to be cut in order to protect the edge of the knife.
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1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 211 The blubber is..cut with spades into slips, or ‘horse-pieces’, which, (after they have been ‘minced’..upon an elevated block of wood, termed the ‘horse’) [etc.].
1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 119 The fat [of the sea elephant].. is cut into ‘horse-pieces’, about eight inches wide, and twelve to fifteen long.
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