Sentences with word «whalebone»

Whalebone is a hard material found in the mouth of some whales, and it used to be used to make things like corsets and umbrella frames. Full definition
More ships followed in the two following winters, after which gray whaling in the bay was nearly abandoned because «of the inferior quality and low price of the dark - colored gray whale oil, the low quality and quantity of whalebone from the gray, and the dangers of lagoon whaling.»
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Sadly these corsets were reinforced with whalebone.
Since the 1800s, when women used corsets stiffened by whalebone to support their breasts, bra designers have experimented with innumerable structures and materials.
This former whaling station houses a museum where you can see giant whale skeletons, harpoons and scrimshaw (etchings on whalebone).
Victorian women, she writes, «looked nearly comedic swinging a club» because their long skirts and whalebone stays inhibited a free swing.
She functions as the Editor - at - Large of Whalebone Magazine, and splits her time between the West (Venice, CA) and East (NYC and Montauk, NY) coasts, where she contributes to the community as a board member of East End water quality non-profit organization LIMPIA.
This carved whalebone plaque was found in the grave of a wealthy, older Viking woman, who was buried with a man and a child, along with other rich grave goods.
Accommodation packages are available which include fully provisioned BBQ lunches or dinners (self cooked) and a meal at the award winning Whalebone Wharf Seafood Restaurant.
Noteworthy discoveries of the survey include the «Lone Woman's» whalebone hut on San Nicolas Island and Big Dog Cave on San Clemente Island
«As whales breach and spy - hop just offshore, guests can explore whalebone - littered beaches and look for herons, egrets, dolphins and spouting grays,» adds Pritchard.
You're even able to craft your own bone charms.This can be done by combining whalebone with passive traits that are learned by dismantling the charms you've already collected from within the world.
From whalebone corsets to the «waist trainers» and Spanx we see in our shops today, this exhibition traces the history of underwear from the 18th century to the present day.
Timber beams surround the oval doorway of this remarkable dining area and run, like whalebone ribs, along the length of the space.
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With all the manufactured magnificence and tiered fakery of a bouffant wedding cake slathered in cementlike frosting that looks nice and tastes like glue, herewith the latest example of whalebone - corseted conformity masquerading as a postfeminist statement on modern independent womanhood.
Aside from its blubber and other unattractive ingredients, the gray whale was prized for its whalebone in the days of the hourglass figure.
Chris Clapp, who serves on the town's technical advisory committee for water quality projects funded by the C.P.F., told the town board at a Nov. 21 meeting that the managers of the Whalebone Village apartments have asked the town to finance the $ 376,000 installation of a low - nitrogen septic system at the complex.
Also, it contained satisfying amounts of whale oil and baleen, the keratin fringes and fronds that span its huge mouth and filter seawater, and that were, confusingly, sold as «whalebone,» a substance so essential and ubiquitous it was the nineteenth century plastic.
It is classified as a baleen whale and has baleen, or whalebone, which acts like a sieve, to capture small sea animals, including amphipods taken in along with sand, water and other material.
One was a piece of Inuit art by Judas Ullulaq, a carver of whalebone and stone.
The world imposed a moratorium on all hunts in 1986 after many species were driven towards extinction by decades of exploitation for meat, oil and whalebone.
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