Nantucket sleigh riden.

Brit.

/nanˌtʌkᵻt ˈsleɪ rʌɪd/, U.S.

/nænˌtəkət ˈsleɪ ˌraɪd/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nantucket , sleigh-ride n.

Etymology: < the name of Nantucket (see Nantucketer n.) + sleigh-ride n., with allusion to the former status of the island as a whaling centre.

U.S. slang.

Esp. among whalers: the towing of a boat by a harpooned whale or shark; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1835 F. Warriner Cruise Potomac xxv. 311 ‘Now for a Nantucket sleigh ride!’ and away went the little boat in the direction of the line of the harpoon.

1893 C. Saint-Saens Franz Liszt 517 The whale being well-harnessed to the boat..it may run..taking the boat in tow... This is the old ‘Nantucket sleigh-ride’.

1934 W. H. Tripp There goes Flukes 197 The whale line tightened like a fiddlestring and off he went towing the boat on its ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’, as the whalemen say.

1973 P. Benchley Jaws (1974) v. 102 They said they planned to hook the shark with the gaff and go for a ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’.

2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Sept. (Sophisticated Traveler Suppl.) 51/1 He took me on a heart-thumping journey, peppering his talk with evocative whaling terminology such as ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nantucket sleigh ride
释义	Nantucket sleigh riden. Brit. /nanˌtʌkᵻt ˈsleɪ rʌɪd/, U.S. /nænˌtəkət ˈsleɪ ˌraɪd/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nantucket , sleigh-ride n. Etymology: < the name of Nantucket (see Nantucketer n.) + sleigh-ride n., with allusion to the former status of the island as a whaling centre. U.S. slang. Esp. among whalers: the towing of a boat by a harpooned whale or shark; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1835 F. Warriner Cruise Potomac xxv. 311 ‘Now for a Nantucket sleigh ride!’ and away went the little boat in the direction of the line of the harpoon. 1893 C. Saint-Saens Franz Liszt 517 The whale being well-harnessed to the boat..it may run..taking the boat in tow... This is the old ‘Nantucket sleigh-ride’. 1934 W. H. Tripp There goes Flukes 197 The whale line tightened like a fiddlestring and off he went towing the boat on its ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’, as the whalemen say. 1973 P. Benchley Jaws (1974) v. 102 They said they planned to hook the shark with the gaff and go for a ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Sept. (Sophisticated Traveler Suppl.) 51/1 He took me on a heart-thumping journey, peppering his talk with evocative whaling terminology such as ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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