Nantucket sleigh ride



Nantucket sleigh ride

An instance of a whaling ship that has hooked a whale and thus is being pulled by it. We're going on a Nantucket sleigh ride today, boys—I can feel it! There's a whale out there just waiting for our harpoons!
See also: ride

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Michail-Greek, Russian
Feodosiy-Russian
GilgameshGIL-gə-mesh (English)Near Eastern Mythology
Nirmal-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Paschalis-Late Roman
Hong-Chinese