"whale line" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From whale + line.",
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      "form": "whale lines",
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          "name": "Whaling",
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Castaway”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The involuntary consternation of the moment caused him to leap, paddle in hand, out of the boat; and in such a way, that part of the slack whale line coming against his chest, he breasted it overboard with him, so as to become entangled in it, when at last plumping into the water.",
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        "A thick rope connecting a harpoon to the line tub"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whaleline"
        }
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  "word": "whale line"
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          "text": "The involuntary consternation of the moment caused him to leap, paddle in hand, out of the boat; and in such a way, that part of the slack whale line coming against his chest, he breasted it overboard with him, so as to become entangled in it, when at last plumping into the water.",
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        "A thick rope connecting a harpoon to the line tub"
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