Harpoon

Definition of Harpoon

Har`poon´ Pronunciation: här`pŌn´

n.

1.

A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, flat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.

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

Harpoon gun
a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.

v. t.

1.

To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

[imp. & p. p. Harpooned (-pŌnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Harpooning.]

Related Words

bag, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul, hook, land, lasso, mesh, nail, net, noose, rope, sack, snag, snare, sniggle, spear, take, tangle, tangle up with, trap

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