Whaleship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whaleship is a noun meaning A ship used for hunting whales.
Meaning
A ship used for hunting whales.
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: whaler
Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan.
For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed.
Word Forms
- whaleships
Synonyms for whaleship
Depending on context, synonyms include whaler.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whaler, whalefisher, sealship, whaleboat, whaling, whale-fisher.
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