Definition of "whaling-station" [whaling-station]

• In shore-whaling, a place where the try-works are located. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Born in 1818 on the remote whaling-station of Nantucket, Maria had a Quaker upbringing, where her scientific interests were encouraged by her schoolmaster father."
• "A course was laid for Royal Sound, where we supposed the whaling-station to be situated."
• "As Kerguelen Island lay almost directly in the course we intended to follow, it was decided for several reasons that we should call there, and pay a visit to the Norwegian whaling-station."