"whale-road" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whale-roads [plural]
Etymology: From whale + road, after Old English hranrād. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whale|road}} whale + road, {{calque|en|ang|hranrād|notext=1}} Old English hranrād Head templates: {{en-noun}} whale-road (plural whale-roads)
  1. (obsolete, poetic) The sea, the ocean. Tags: obsolete, poetic
    Sense id: en-whale-road-en-noun-Ir2w8EEI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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