WordNet
n. a ship engaged in whale fishing [syn: whaler]
Usage examples of "whaling ship".
If she could face a charging killer whale and destroy a whaling ship, she could make a machine work.
Later owned by Captain George Pollard Junior of the whaling ship Essex.
Behind these was an old whaling ship which ferried the meat to the refrigerator ship, a vessel of about 6,000 tons which was lying astern of the others.
He guessed that a whaling ship, especially with Pyra Quadde as skipper, was probably about as hard as a war wag.
Ryan could hear the far-off crying of gulls that trailed in the wake of the whaling ship.
This will be my last letter to you as I have a malady of the stomach, or so the doctor aboard the whaling ship Amie &.
This will be my last letter to you as I have a malady of the stomach, or so the doctor aboard the whaling ship Amie & Jason tells me.
Without a watch, she had no idea how many hours had passed since she walked from her husband's whaling ship, the Paloverde.
On the maternal side her grandfather was mate on a whaling ship-so there're sailors on both sides.
Upon returning to the whaling ship, he made sure to mark the coordinates carefully in his mind.