WHALEBONE


Meaning of WHALEBONE in English

whale ‧ bone /ˈweɪlbəʊn $ -boʊn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

a hard substance taken from the upper jaw of whales, used in the past for making women’s clothes stiff

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.