harpoon : Idioms & Phrases


Harpoon fork

  • a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.
Webster 1913

Harpoon gun

  • noun a cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons
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  • a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
Webster 1913

harpoon line

  • noun a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat
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harpoon log

  • noun a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance
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