the furnace and other apparatus, as on whaling ships in the past, used for rendering blubber into oil
tryworks in American English
(ˈtraiˌwɜːrks)
plural noun
(in whaling)
a furnace in which a kettle (try-pot) is placed for rendering blubber
Word origin
[1785–95; try + works]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: commando, fossilize, plateau, preemptive, terrorist