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Whaleboats meaning
plural of whaleboat
Example sentences (3)
In the early encounters, the whaleboats hardly make contact; later there are false alarms and routine chases; finally, the massive assembling of whales at the edges of the China Sea in "The Grand Armada".
The ships would anchor in one of these bays and send out whaleboats to cruise for whales for days or even weeks.
When a supply ship arrives, it is emptied by whaleboats towed by launches, five tonnes at a time.