Whalebone

Definition

whalebone /'weÇlbǝƱn/ n [U] ေဝလငါးအခ်ဳိ႕၏ အထက္ေမး႐ိုး မွရေသာ အ႐ိုး ကဲ့သို႔ေသာ အမွ်င္။ (အဝတ္မာေတာင့္ေအာင္ လုပ္ရာ၌ သံုးသည္။ ) whalebone corsets.

Examples

1. ‘Upon his return from his whaling voyages
2. his ships were laden with typical whaling ship cargo like sperm oil and whalebone.’
3. ‘In June 1843 it was reported that about seventy tons of oil and several tons of whalebone had been secured that season.’
4. ‘One of the most useful types of bone
5. although not the easiest to get hold of
6. was whalebone.’
7. ‘The valuable products of whaling
8. including whale oil
9. whalebone
10. and spermaceti for candle-making
11. provided the bulk of NSW's exports during the 1830s.’
12. ‘Whales and dolphins were also hunted for their meat
13. as well as other useful products such as whalebone and fat.’
14. ‘The bow itself could be simply of wood or of a composite of horn or whalebone placed between two thin pieces of yew and covered in tendon
15. while steel bows appear from the 14th century.’
16. ‘Whaling for this species began near Spitsbergen
17. Norway
18. as early as 1611 and continued until the early 1900s when the animal's numbers became too low to be economically viable and the demand for whalebone ended.’
19. ‘They sat through lectures
20. touched whalebone
21. poured over maps and even tried their hand at balancing a harpoon.’
22. ‘Although baleen is commonly called whalebone
23. it is not bone but keratin
24. the same material as your nails and hair.’
25. ‘Seafarers made household utensils
26. such as sewing tools
27. from whalebone
28. and today scrimshaw is as much associated with Nantucket as the lightship baskets unique to the island.’
29. ‘As I pushed through the last strings of a job lot of whalebone corsets
30. I was finally able to come upon the books.’
31. ‘Though earlier stays did not shape the breasts
32. by the mid eighteenth century whalebone strips curved around the bosom.’
33. ‘Philippa survived the murder attempt
34. when Walter stabbed her
35. because her whalebone corset protected her.’
36. ‘I recall one small urchin without a rag of clothing save the basque waist of a lady's dress
37. bristling with whalebones
38. and worn wrong side before
39. beneath which his smooth ebony legs emerged like those of an ostrich from its plumage.’
40. ‘Rumour has it that having purchased a sheer evening gown for one of her social events she found the corset with whalebones totally unacceptable under the dress.’
41. ‘As she pulled at the laces of the tight whalebone corset
42. she gave a little gasp.’
43. ‘She was one of those astonishing Victorian women who conquered mountains and crossed scorching deserts corseted in whalebone and steel
44. sporting smart designer tweeds and improbable hats.’
45. ‘I bet Susan would look really good in a whalebone corset and a bustle.’
46. ‘Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade
47. a matter of colored hair
48. ecru lace and whalebones
49. the kind of slap and tat that transvestites are in love with
50. and no more.’
51. ‘The next essential garment was the corset stiffened with thin strips of whalebone.’