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2024
whaleback
whaleback
English
Noun
whaleback
(
plural
whalebacks
)
(
historical
)
A kind of
cargo
steamship
with a
hull
that continuously
curved
above the
waterline
from
vertical
to
horizontal
.
Etymology
whale
+
back
, from its whale-like appearance when fully loaded.
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