Definition of "whale-fishing" [whale-fishing]

• The act or occupation of taking whales; whaling. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing."
• "I've never read anything that equals it in its deep-sea (p. 225) wonder and mystery; nor do I think that any book before has so completely covered the whole business of whale-fishing, and at the same time given such real and new sea pictures."
• "The Basques, who were now the weaker party, were glad to come to terms, agreeing to go away and employ themselves in whale-fishing."