Harpoon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Harpoon	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Harpoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harpoon n a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it v spear with a harpoon; "harpoon whales"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Harpoon"\, n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. [?] the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. {Harp}.] 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. {Harpoon* fork}, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. {Harpoon gun}, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.