What does "whaling" mean?
Whaling: The hunting of whales.
Additional senses
- 2.Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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