harpoons
Barbed throwing spears
Harpoons are barbed spears designed to pierce and hold fast, used historically for hunting whales and large fish.
The barb prevents the prey from escaping once struck.
A rope typically attaches the harpoon to the boat or a float.
As a verb, to harpoon is to strike with one: The whalers harpooned the beast from their small boat.
Figuratively, to harpoon something is to attack or undermine it decisively.
Hunting large sea mammals
- spearfishingAquatic hunting with sharp poles
- sealingMaking impermeable
- whalersCetacean-hunting vessels or crews
- Moby DickFictional white sperm whale
blubber · flensing · whale oil · Ahab · Nantucket · Inuit · toggling · barbs
Pole with sharp point
- lanceLong thrusting weapon
- javelinThrowing spear for sport
- tridentThree-pronged fishing spear
- projectileLaunched airborne object
whaling
Hunting large sea mammals
- spearfishingAquatic hunting with sharp poles
- sealingMaking impermeable
- whalersCetacean-hunting vessels or crews
Moby Dick · blubber · flensing · whale oil · Ahab · Nantucket · Inuit · toggling · barbs · thrown
spear
Pole with sharp point
projectile · dart · pike · thrown · barbed · shaft · point · tip · iron · head
barb
Backward-pointing spike
float · toggle · head · point · iron · shank · socket · retrieval · tether · buoy
- fisheriescommercial fishing, fishing boats, fisheries, fishing nets, fishing fleets
- fishing lifefishermen, fishers, fishing boats, fishing nets, fishing villages
- Arctic PrehistoryThule culture, microblades, stone tools, bone tools, seal hunting
- Japanese archaeologyYayoi period, burial mounds, excavation sites, ancient tombs, stone tools
- Kawesqarseal hunting, temporary shelters
- NantucketCisco, Main Street, whaling, whaling ships, whalers
harpoonsnets
Mesh devices for catching
fishing nets · trawl nets · traps · fishing rods · seines
- harpoon gunDevice shooting barbed projectiles
- harpoon line
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