whaleboat
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How to use whaleboat in a sentence
Karta and the beachcombers were leading in a whaleboat, which was being rowed very swiftly.
There's a fair anchorage inside the reef, but it takes a good man to land through the surf at high tide in a whaleboat.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneHis swimming senses rallied a moment, and he discovered that he was lying in the bottom of a whaleboat.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne"Clear away the big whaleboat with two men to pull us ashore," said Mr. Gibney to the mate.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneWe resumed our homeward journey in the whaleboat early the following morning.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
British Dictionary definitions for whaleboat
/ (ˈweɪlˌbəʊt) /
a narrow boat from 20 to 30 feet long having a sharp prow and stern, formerly used in whaling: Also called: whaler
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