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whaler
(redirected from Whale catcher)

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whaler
1. a person employed in whaling
2. a vessel engaged in whaling
3. Austral a nomad surviving in the bush without working
whaler [′wāl·ər]
(civil engineering)
waler
wale, waler, whaler
A horizontal timber or beam used to brace or support an upright member, as sheeting, formwork for concrete, etc. (See illustration p. 1052.)
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These corvettes - which were named after flowers - were based on whale catchers and were small and cheap to build.
Writer was on Atlantic corvette; Maritime TALES by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Halfway through a powerful eyes-to-the-floor set, their singer, a cross between Flock Of Seagulls and a viking whale catcher, said: "I wrote this song when I was 16, I'm now 18 and it's called 17.
live reviews: Jakobinarina Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, July 10 ***; ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
In the whale catchers you spent four hours on and four hours off duty.
Life in the tough world of whaling by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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