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Definition of whaleboat in English: whaleboatnounˈweɪlbəʊtˈ(h)weɪlˌboʊt A long rowing boat with a bow at either end for easy manoeuvrability, formerly used in whaling. 捕鲸小艇（旧时用于捕鲸的长形划艇） Example sentencesExamples - Unlike Shackleton's 22 ft whaleboat, the James Caird, it could turn through 360 degrees without any risk of sinking.
- Ishmael reports that ‘the whale can never be known completely, for the man in the whaleboat is never in a position to see the entire shape of his massive prey.’
- USS Walker's motor whaleboat was waiting by prearrangement to pick him and Esther up.
- The replica whaleboat presented to the Batavia Long Boat Replica Project Foundation in January is set to play a key role in a documentary about the whaling ship Catalpa.
- They fashion small-scale versions of yachts, whaleboats, and other vessels that are perfect in every detail.
- Charles Sturt attempted to drag a whaleboat into the arid centre in the foolish expectation of finding an imaginary [inland] sea.
- When he retired from the sea in 1870 he returned to Bequia and set up whaling ‘companies ‘consisting of four whaleboats and about 26 men per company.’
- The cheers ebbed as they spied a plume of smoke to the northeast - the British steamship Georgette was bearing down on both the Catalpa and the whaleboat.
- Successive displays chronicle the Greek trireme, perhaps the ultimate statement of rowing power, the Venetian gondola, the Thames wherry, wooden-hulled lifeboats and arctic whaleboats.
- The first organised ferry service from Auckland to Devonport began in 1854 using sail or oar propelled whaleboats.
- The sailors and coxswain running the whaleboat pushed off again to help the others towing away the wreckage.
- Gosnell Hall, the largest room in the museum, contains a skeleton of a forty-six-foot-long sperm whale, a thirty-foot-long whaleboat, whaling tools, and ship captains' portraits.
- In 1809, he seized a whaleboat and disappeared with five hostages, eventually turning up in Guayaquil.
Definition of whaleboat in US English: whaleboatnounˈ(h)wālˌbōtˈ(h)weɪlˌboʊt 1A long rowboat with a bow at either end for easy maneuverability, formerly used in whaling. 捕鲸小艇（旧时用于捕鲸的长形划艇） Example sentencesExamples - Charles Sturt attempted to drag a whaleboat into the arid centre in the foolish expectation of finding an imaginary [inland] sea.
- Ishmael reports that ‘the whale can never be known completely, for the man in the whaleboat is never in a position to see the entire shape of his massive prey.’
- Gosnell Hall, the largest room in the museum, contains a skeleton of a forty-six-foot-long sperm whale, a thirty-foot-long whaleboat, whaling tools, and ship captains' portraits.
- The first organised ferry service from Auckland to Devonport began in 1854 using sail or oar propelled whaleboats.
- The sailors and coxswain running the whaleboat pushed off again to help the others towing away the wreckage.
- Successive displays chronicle the Greek trireme, perhaps the ultimate statement of rowing power, the Venetian gondola, the Thames wherry, wooden-hulled lifeboats and arctic whaleboats.
- The cheers ebbed as they spied a plume of smoke to the northeast - the British steamship Georgette was bearing down on both the Catalpa and the whaleboat.
- The replica whaleboat presented to the Batavia Long Boat Replica Project Foundation in January is set to play a key role in a documentary about the whaling ship Catalpa.
- USS Walker's motor whaleboat was waiting by prearrangement to pick him and Esther up.
- When he retired from the sea in 1870 he returned to Bequia and set up whaling ‘companies ‘consisting of four whaleboats and about 26 men per company.’
- In 1809, he seized a whaleboat and disappeared with five hostages, eventually turning up in Guayaquil.
- Unlike Shackleton's 22 ft whaleboat, the James Caird, it could turn through 360 degrees without any risk of sinking.
- They fashion small-scale versions of yachts, whaleboats, and other vessels that are perfect in every detail.
- 1.1 A boat similar to a whaleboat used as a ship's lifeboat and utility boat.
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