Nantucket sleigh ride
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- Originally the term for harpooning a whale in a rickety boat usually meant to hold no more than 16 people, and letting the whale swim itself tired before killing the whale\r
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- Popularised by whale killing off nantucket island\r
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- Mainly found in old whaling books, and Moby Dick
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