whaleback
/weɪlbæk/
noun
- A type of cargo ship with a rounded, whale-like upper deck, used mainly on the Great Lakes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Captain Alexander McDougall invented the whaleback to improve stability on stormy lakes.
- The whaleback was designed to ride low in the water and carry heavy loads of iron ore.
- Museum visitors can tour a restored whaleback docked in Superior, Wisconsin.
- A rounded hill or ridge that looks like the back of a whale.
- Farmers planted crops on the gentle slopes of the whaleback.
- From the trail, we could see a whaleback of granite rising above the forest.
- The ancient glacier left behind a whaleback shape in the landscape.