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Nantucket sleigh-ride

Noun

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Alternative form of Nantucket sleigh ride

Japanese Meaning

『ナンタケット・スレイライド』の別表記（別の書き方）を示す。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

銛が刺さると、乗組員は小舟が海を引きずられる長いナンタケット・スレイライドに備えた。

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Nantucket sleigh-rides

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Nantucket sleigh ride

Noun

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(idiomatic) An obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.

Japanese Meaning

旧式で危険な鯨狩りの手法。小舟に乗ったオール漕ぎの者と銛使い、または連結された小舟を用い、銛で鯨に接続し、鯨によって高速に引っ張られることで、最終的に鯨を疲弊させる狩猟方法。 / この表現は、転じて非常に危険で制御が難しい状況や行為を比喩的に指すこともある。