boat-puller

noun

The members of a boat's crew who are oarsmen or paddlers and prey-clubbers, as contrasted with those who are harpooners, gaffers, or anglers.

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Meanings

nounboat-puller (plural boat-pullers)

plural boat-pullers

  1. The members of a boat's crew who are oarsmen or paddlers and prey-clubbers, as contrasted with those who are harpooners, gaffers, or anglers.

    I stepped out and advanced valiantly upon a long-maned bull in the midst of his wives. I was armed with the regular club with which the boat-pullers killed the wounded seals gaffed aboard by the hunters.

    1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
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APA

boat-puller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boat-puller

MLA

“boat-puller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boat-puller. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boat-puller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boat-puller.

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