Whalebone
11Whalebone Passage — North out of Tokenhouse Yard, a narrow footway (L.C.C. List, 1912). Leading into Whalebone Court, Moorgate Street Buildings (q.v.), hence the name …
12whalebone whale — whale′bone whale n. mam any toothless whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone in the mouth Also called baleen whale • Etymology: 1715–25 …
13whalebone whale — noun whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water • Syn: ↑baleen whale • Hypernyms: ↑whale • Hyponyms: ↑right whale, ↑bowhead, ↑bowhead whale, ↑ …
14whalebone — noun The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets Syn: baleen …
15whalebone — whale|bone [ˈweılbəun US boun] n [U] a hard substance taken from the upper jaw of whales, used in the past for making women s clothes stiff …
16whalebone — whale|bone [ weıl,boun, hweıl,boun ] noun uncount a hard substance from whales that was used in the past to make women s clothing stiff …
17whalebone — sb. [whalles bone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 38 …
18whalebone — n. horny and elastic material taken from the upper jaw of some whales (formerly used in making the ribs of corsets) …
19whalebone — noun an elastic horny substance which grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales and is used by them to strain plankton from the seawater; baleen. ↘strips of this substance, formerly used as stays in corsets and… …
20whalebone — noun (U) a hard substance taken from the upper jaw of whales, used in the past for making women s clothes stiff …
