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
Anabela-Portuguese
Milogost-Medieval Slavic
Gayatri-Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Ignatiy-Russian
Jeremiahjer-ə-MIE-ə (English)English, Biblical
Hart[ha:t]