单词 | horse-piece |
释义 | > as lemmashorse-piece 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. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > blubber horse-piece1840 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. < as lemmas |
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