- Former commercial fishing weapon - Whaler's spear - Whaler’s spear - Whaling weapon - A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as
whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad,
fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand,
or discharged from a gun. - To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.