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Examples of whalebone
whalebone
Greene's aunt has a bit more Melvillean whalebone in her corsetry than Charley's.
From the time.com
I bet the fabled Princess herself was none too happy with her whalebone corset.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
These subsidies along with high oil and whalebone prices encouraged expansion.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The fine things extend to a corset with whalebone stays, embroidered with a whale.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In 1870 Mr. Shepard invented and patented a machine for covering whalebone for hats.
From the timesunion.com
Whalebone was foaled in 1807 out of the mare Penelope, who was a daughter of Prunella.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Victorian women went through agonies in whalebone corsets to get that hourglass look.
From the guardian.co.uk
In experiments, Darwin had imitated this action using a whalebone spring.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So these intrepid shellfish must live solely off the whalebone.
From the newscientist.com
- A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
- Baleen or whalebone is a filtering structure in the mouth of most whales, which they use to feed by sieving small animals from large mouthfuls of seawater. ...
- To see or work with whalebone in your dreams, you still form an alliance which will afford you solid benefit.
- (Materials) Whalebone is actually baleen which are the plates found in the upper jaws of a whale that filters plankton. The material is horn-like. It is a popular material to decorate with scrimshaw.
