| 单词 | shore-whaling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshore-whaling shore-whaling n. whale-fishing near the shore in open boats; also spec. = bay whaling n. at bay n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun] > shore-whaling shore-whaling1841 bay whaling1850 1841 S. Revans Lett. to H. S. Chapman (typescript) II. 163 If no shore whaling were allowed the cow would rear the calf and get fat. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxi. 402 In the Shore Whaling.., when a Right Whale gives token of sinking, they fasten buoys to him. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. iii. 50 What is called shore-whaling, in contradistinction to deep sea-fishing. 1922 E. C. Starks Hist. Calif. Shore Whaling 6 Whaling may be classified under three heads:..Third.—For want of a better term we may call the third form modern shore whaling. The whales are not taken from small boats, but from a seaworthy steam whaler... The whaler stays out until it has secured one or more whales, which it tows to a whaling station on shore. 1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. p. xvii Today there is a shore whaling station at the seaward entrance to Tory Channel. < as lemmas |
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