Betydelse av whalebone på svenska

• 0 a strong, flexible material (= one that is able to bend) found as several hanging pieces in the upper part of the mouth of some types of whale, used in the past for example for making corsets (= a tight piece of underwear worn to make the waist appear smaller):

  • The blue whale collects its food on a curtain of baleen or whalebone in its mouth.

  • Whalebone provided structural support for corsets and helped to round out voluminous Victorian skirts.