ALL meanings of whaleback
whale·back
W w - noun whaleback Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward. 1
- noun whaleback something shaped like the back of a whale, as a rounded hill or an ocean wave. 1
- noun whaleback A thing that is shaped like a whale’s back, especially an arched structure over the bow or stern part of the deck of a steamer, or a large elongated hill. 1
- noun whaleback something shaped like the back of a whale 0
- noun whaleback a steamboat having a curved upper deck 0
- noun whaleback something rounded on top like the back of a whale 0
- noun whaleback a freight steamer with the bow and upper deck rounded so that heavy seas will wash right over 0
- noun whaleback (historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from vertical to horizontal. 0