whaling line
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- condition
- tangled, parting
- description
- The rope used to secure a harpooned whale, which snaps under strain during the intense chase.
- function
- securing whales
- material
- rope
- status
- treacherous, snapped
Relationships
- referenced_byAhab
- context
- uses
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Ahab first paid out more line: and then was rapidly hauling and jerking in upon it again
- referenced_byParsee
- context
- caught_in
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- caught among the tangles of your line—I thought I saw him dragging under
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:00.745Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- snaps_during_chaseMoby Dick
- description
- The treacherous whaling line, under double strain from the whale and the crew, suddenly snaps in the air.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the moment the treacherous line felt that double strain and tug, it snapped in the empty air!
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:06.724Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk