whalebackn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪlbak/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)weɪlˌbæk/

Etymology: < whale n. + back n.¹

1. An arched structure over the deck of a steamer; = turtle-back n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > arched structure over deck

turtle-back1881

whaleback1886

turtle-deck1889

1886 Times 20 Apr. 10/2 He was standing under the whaleback.

2. A kind of steam vessel having a spoon bow and the main decks covered in and rounded over, suggesting the back of a whale.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels

steam dredger1801

steam barge1812

steam hopper1812

steam-launch1812

steam schooner1812

steam-yacht1812

steam-tug1835

pleasure steamer1839

tug-steamer1861

ditcher1877

alligator1884

turnabout1885

tank-steamer1889

whaleback1891

whalebacker1891

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 2/2 The Americans claim that, in Captain Macdougall's steel ‘whalebacks’, they possess the universal ship of the future.

3. Geology. A large mound of the shape of the back of a whale. More widely, any land form or land mass likened to the back of a whale; spec. (a) = roche moutonnée n.; (b) an elongated sand dune.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > glacial mound

moraine1783

osar1842

esker1852

kame1862

sow-back1874

push moraine1890

whaleback1893

recessional moraine1897

Ra1902

Salpausselkä1923

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > whale-backed

whaleback1893

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > roche moutonnée

roche moutonnée1841

sheep-back1877

whaleback1913

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > sand-hill

sand-hillc725

dene1278

down1523

sand down1604

dune1605

hummock1793

towan1803

sand-dune1830

medano1839

sea-bank1858

barchan1888

whaleback1918

fore-dune1921

seif1925

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]

link931

rise1240

motea1300

bentc1405

mote-hill1475

territory1477

height1487

rising1548

raising1572

linch1591

mount1591

swelling1630

up1637

vertex1641

advance1655

ascendant1655

eminency1662

ascent1663

eminence1670

swell1764

elevation1799

embreastment1799

upwith1819

lift1825

salita1910

turtle-back1913

upwarp1917

upslope1920

whaleback1928

1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 774 Glaciers cannot explain the mounds called eskers, kames, or whalebacks.

1913 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 24 247 A characteristic rounded form resembling..the ‘whale-back’ of glaciated areas.

1918 Geogr. Jrnl. 51 23 In these whalebacks and crescents the cross-section that has the longest base passes through the summit of the dune.

1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 1/2 Behind all, a dim whale-back that might be Stroma, or Ultima Thule.

1933 Geogr. Jrnl. 82 125 A whaleback is a flat-topped ridge of sand anything up to 100 miles in length, of the order of half a mile wide, and up to 100 feet high.

1952 V. Canning House of Seven Flies xi. 155 A long stretch of sand.. the long ridges of wave marks from the last tide shadowed across the rising whaleback.

1955 Geogr. Jrnl. 121 476 Some British whalebacks are undoubtedly roches moutonnées, some others, and probably many tropical examples, are genetically related to tors.

1974 M. Gilbert Flash Point x. 82 Behind the whaleback of Kinder Low and Edale Head a storm was brewing up.

1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 67/2 Where folds can be traced in three dimensions, it is found that the structures die out along their fold axis and where suitably exposed, form whalebacks.

4. attributive or as adj. Furnished with a whaleback (sense 1); of the shape of the back of a whale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex > upwardly convex

hulch-backed1611

perch-backed1652

coppling1670

humpbacked1681

hog-backed1717

sow-backed1728

fish-backed1825

whalebacked1869

whaleback1891

beetle-backed1959

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > having specific type of decks or superstructure

race-built1622

flush1800

pooped1849

spar-decked1877

well-decked1880

turtle-backed1889

whaleback1891

shade-decked1902

1891 Daily Graphic 24 July 14/1 The first ‘whaleback’ boat which has crossed the Atlantic arrived at Liverpool on Monday.

1894 Engineer 13 July 33/3 A new craft is expected to take part in the yacht races at Galveston. She was built in Fort Worth, and may be classed as a whale~back yacht.

1908 Daily Chron. 29 July 4/4 Beneath a hot sun Belgrade lies bleaching on her whaleback promontory.

Derivatives

ˈwhalebacked adj. shaped like a whale's back.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex > upwardly convex

hulch-backed1611

perch-backed1652

coppling1670

humpbacked1681

hog-backed1717

sow-backed1728

fish-backed1825

whalebacked1869

whaleback1891

beetle-backed1959

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xlii. 441 We can see the long, whale-backed ridge of Mount Hermon projecting above the eastern hills.

1879 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/7 Whale-backed station of the London and South Eastern Railway Company.

1903 R. Kipling Sussex in Five Nations 19 Our blunt, bow-headed, whale~backed Downs.

ˈwhalebacker n. a whaleback steamer.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels

steam dredger1801

steam barge1812

steam hopper1812

steam-launch1812

steam schooner1812

steam-yacht1812

steam-tug1835

pleasure steamer1839

tug-steamer1861

ditcher1877

alligator1884

turnabout1885

tank-steamer1889

whaleback1891

whalebacker1891

1891 Daily Graphic 24 July 14/1 These ‘Whalebackers’ as they are termed offer very little resistance to the sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whaleback
释义	whalebackn. Brit. /ˈweɪlbak/, U.S. /ˈ(h)weɪlˌbæk/ Etymology: < whale n. + back n.¹ 1. An arched structure over the deck of a steamer; = turtle-back n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > arched structure over deck turtle-back1881 whaleback1886 turtle-deck1889 1886 Times 20 Apr. 10/2 He was standing under the whaleback. 2. A kind of steam vessel having a spoon bow and the main decks covered in and rounded over, suggesting the back of a whale. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels steam dredger1801 steam barge1812 steam hopper1812 steam-launch1812 steam schooner1812 steam-yacht1812 steam-tug1835 pleasure steamer1839 tug-steamer1861 ditcher1877 alligator1884 turnabout1885 tank-steamer1889 whaleback1891 whalebacker1891 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 2/2 The Americans claim that, in Captain Macdougall's steel ‘whalebacks’, they possess the universal ship of the future. 3. Geology. A large mound of the shape of the back of a whale. More widely, any land form or land mass likened to the back of a whale; spec. (a) = roche moutonnée n.; (b) an elongated sand dune. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > glacial mound moraine1783 osar1842 esker1852 kame1862 sow-back1874 push moraine1890 whaleback1893 recessional moraine1897 Ra1902 Salpausselkä1923 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > whale-backed whaleback1893 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > roche moutonnée roche moutonnée1841 sheep-back1877 whaleback1913 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > sand-hill sand-hillc725 dene1278 down1523 sand down1604 dune1605 hummock1793 towan1803 sand-dune1830 medano1839 sea-bank1858 barchan1888 whaleback1918 fore-dune1921 seif1925 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] link931 rise1240 motea1300 bentc1405 mote-hill1475 territory1477 height1487 rising1548 raising1572 linch1591 mount1591 swelling1630 up1637 vertex1641 advance1655 ascendant1655 eminency1662 ascent1663 eminence1670 swell1764 elevation1799 embreastment1799 upwith1819 lift1825 salita1910 turtle-back1913 upwarp1917 upslope1920 whaleback1928 1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 774 Glaciers cannot explain the mounds called eskers, kames, or whalebacks. 1913 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 24 247 A characteristic rounded form resembling..the ‘whale-back’ of glaciated areas. 1918 Geogr. Jrnl. 51 23 In these whalebacks and crescents the cross-section that has the longest base passes through the summit of the dune. 1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 1/2 Behind all, a dim whale-back that might be Stroma, or Ultima Thule. 1933 Geogr. Jrnl. 82 125 A whaleback is a flat-topped ridge of sand anything up to 100 miles in length, of the order of half a mile wide, and up to 100 feet high. 1952 V. Canning House of Seven Flies xi. 155 A long stretch of sand.. the long ridges of wave marks from the last tide shadowed across the rising whaleback. 1955 Geogr. Jrnl. 121 476 Some British whalebacks are undoubtedly roches moutonnées, some others, and probably many tropical examples, are genetically related to tors. 1974 M. Gilbert Flash Point x. 82 Behind the whaleback of Kinder Low and Edale Head a storm was brewing up. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 67/2 Where folds can be traced in three dimensions, it is found that the structures die out along their fold axis and where suitably exposed, form whalebacks. 4. attributive or as adj. Furnished with a whaleback (sense 1); of the shape of the back of a whale. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex > upwardly convex hulch-backed1611 perch-backed1652 coppling1670 humpbacked1681 hog-backed1717 sow-backed1728 fish-backed1825 whalebacked1869 whaleback1891 beetle-backed1959 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > having specific type of decks or superstructure race-built1622 flush1800 pooped1849 spar-decked1877 well-decked1880 turtle-backed1889 whaleback1891 shade-decked1902 1891 Daily Graphic 24 July 14/1 The first ‘whaleback’ boat which has crossed the Atlantic arrived at Liverpool on Monday. 1894 Engineer 13 July 33/3 A new craft is expected to take part in the yacht races at Galveston. She was built in Fort Worth, and may be classed as a whale~back yacht. 1908 Daily Chron. 29 July 4/4 Beneath a hot sun Belgrade lies bleaching on her whaleback promontory. Derivatives ˈwhalebacked adj. shaped like a whale's back. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex > upwardly convex hulch-backed1611 perch-backed1652 coppling1670 humpbacked1681 hog-backed1717 sow-backed1728 fish-backed1825 whalebacked1869 whaleback1891 beetle-backed1959 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xlii. 441 We can see the long, whale-backed ridge of Mount Hermon projecting above the eastern hills. 1879 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/7 Whale-backed station of the London and South Eastern Railway Company. 1903 R. Kipling Sussex in Five Nations 19 Our blunt, bow-headed, whale~backed Downs. ˈwhalebacker n. a whaleback steamer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels steam dredger1801 steam barge1812 steam hopper1812 steam-launch1812 steam schooner1812 steam-yacht1812 steam-tug1835 pleasure steamer1839 tug-steamer1861 ditcher1877 alligator1884 turnabout1885 tank-steamer1889 whaleback1891 whalebacker1891 1891 Daily Graphic 24 July 14/1 These ‘Whalebackers’ as they are termed offer very little resistance to the sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1869
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