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whalecraft

whalecraft noun: the art and techniques of whaling.

Noun

whalecraft (uncountable)

  1. The art and techniques of whaling.
    • The last significant innovation in whalecraft combined characteristics of the harpoon and the whaling gun.1997, Lance Edwin Davis, Robert E. Gallman, Karin Gleiter, In pursuit of Leviathan, page 294

Origin of whalecraft

From whale + -craft.

Questions about whalecraft

What does whalecraft mean?
Whalecraft means the art and techniques of whaling.
What part of speech is whalecraft?
Whalecraft is a noun.

Words near whalecraft in the dictionary

  1. whalebones
  2. whaleboning
  3. whalebonings
  4. whaleburger
  5. whaleburgers
  6. whalecraft
  7. whaled
  8. whaled away
  9. whaled on
  10. whaledom
  11. whalefall

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