whaleboat
(noun) a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whaleboat (plural whaleboats)
A long narrow rowing boat, formerly used in whaling, which is pointed at both ends so that it can move either forwards or backwards equally well.
A boat resembling this and carried on a warship or other ship.
Source: Wiktionary
Whale"boat`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
