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
Tamikatə-MEE-kəEnglish
Zdenka-Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Czech
Vlastimila-Czech
Cordell['kɔ:dəl]
Oksanaahk-SAH-nah (Russian)Ukrainian, Russian
FrancisFRANT-səs (English)English, French