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Definition of "whaling ship" []

  • A ship engaged in whale fishing (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "whaling ship" in a sentence
  • "STEPHEN SMITH: Well, late last night, I'm very pleased to advise that they were transferred from the Japanese whaling ship to the Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking."
  • "The annual mid-winter "Moby-Dick Marathon" brings together townsfolk for a 25-hour nonstop reading of the epic that was inspired by author Herman Melville's journey on a whaling ship that departed New Bedford in 1841."
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