单词 | whaling station |
释义 | > as lemmaswhaling station whaling station n. a land base where whales which have been caught are flenched and rendered. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > one who skins whales > place where whaling station1874 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. iii. v. 247 At the point where the enormous carcass was stripped of its fat, arose the ‘whaling station’, whose trypots were set in rude furnaces..and capacious vats were made of planks, to receive the blubber. 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. vi. 116 The country..was accessible on foot from the old shore whaling station. 1963 L. Diack Labrador Nurse v. 25 One night we tied up at a whaling station. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds ii. 20 The eleven men..came out at the whaling station of Hobart. < as lemmas |
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