skrimshank

Meanings

verbskrimshank (third-person singular simple present skrimshanks, present participle skrimshanking, simple past and past participle skrimshanked)

present singular third person skrimshanks · participle present skrimshanking · participle past skrimshanked · past skrimshanked

alternativeAlternative form of scrimshank.
rareSynonym of scrimshaw.
Typically the product of whalers while 'skrimshanking' (a term not necessarily referring to activities during idle periods on board but also to making articles for ship's use, such as tool handles, […]) […]
2008, John Bannister, Great Whales, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN, page 12
Synonyms: scrimshaw

verbSynonym of scrimshaw.

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