sealery

[ see-luh-ree ]

noun

, plural seal·er·ies.

1. a place where seals seal are caught.
2. the occupation of hunting or taking seals. seal.

sealery

/ ˈsiːlərɪ /

noun

1. the occupation of hunting seals
2. any place where seals are regularly to be found, esp a seal rookery

Word History and Origins

Origin of sealery¹

First recorded in 1890–95; seal ² + -ery

Example Sentences

Later, they would go south into Baffin Land after the reindeer, and to get their year's store of salmon from the hundreds of streams and lakes of the interior; coming back north in September or October for the musk-ox hunting and the regular winter sealery.

From Project Gutenberg

"Oh, it's the bad skillery sealery alligator!" cried Flop Ear.

From Project Gutenberg

Later, they would go south into Baffin Land after the reindeer, and to get their year's store of salmon from the hundreds of streams and lakes of the interior; coming back north in September or October for the musk-ox hunting and the regular winter sealery.

From Project Gutenberg