Lemmer (whaling)
Topic: Engineering
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A lemmer is the person who dismembers a whale separating the meat, flippers, and bones in the butchering process after it has been stripped of blubber by a flenser.[1] The lemmer removes the meat from the bones so it can be boiled to remove the whale oil. The word lemmer is from the Norwegian language word lemme, meaning dismember.[2] On boats, the lemmer men separated the meat from the bones on the lemmer deck where the carcass was pulled.[3]
References
- ↑ Stewart, Peter (19 April 2018). Antarctic Whaling. Dog Ear Publishing. ISBN 9781457557293. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5WDwAAQBAJ&q=%22lemmer%22+whaling&pg=PA18.
- ↑ Hince, Bernadette (2 November 2018). The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9780957747111. https://books.google.com/books?id=lJd8_owUxFEC&q=lemmer+whaling&pg=PA210.
- ↑ "Maritime Topics on Stamps". http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/html/wal3.htm.
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