whalebone
IPA: hwˈeɪɫʌboʊn
noun
- The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
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Examples of "whalebone" in Sentences
- It is a long club normally made of whalebone.
- A Hoeroa is a long club normally made of whalebone.
- Its hairy fringes are called baleen hair or whalebone hair.
- And they exist as a rare fashion, when whalebone was to soft.
- A wahaika is a short club normally made of wood or whalebone.
- A Kotiate is a short club normally made of wood or whalebone.
- The resulting whip is as flexible as whalebone, and very tough.
- In the 19th century, steel and whalebone were favored for the boning.
- Stays are made of many materials, the most well known being whalebone.
- It is also the location of the last whalebone sidewalk in the United States.
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