Nantucket sleigh ride

Definitions

1. An instance of the dragging of a whaleboat across the surface of a body of water by a harpooned whale.
   idiomatic
2. An instance of the dragging of a boat (especially a small one) by an aquatic creature or vessel attached to it by a rope or other line.
   broadly, idiomatic

Examples

“If we can fasten a good fish⟳ tomorrow when you are with us," said the captain of the New Bedford whaling bark Morning Star to me, "I will try⟳ to give⟳ you a Nantucket sleigh ride⟳."”

“[The] crew pushed out in a small boat and pierced the whale with a harpoon attached to a rope secured to the boat. Then it was hang⟳ on for your life. “A whale barreling along at the surface would take⟳ the men on the proverbial Nantucket sleigh ride⟳, a bone-jarring, terrifying and, at times, no doubt⟳ exhilarating trip⟳ over the waves,” Dolin writes.”

“They said they planned to hook the shark with a gaff and go for a "Nantucket sleigh ride⟳."”

“Still fresh in my mind⟳ was the 15-pound striped bass that took me on a miniature Nantucket sleigh ride⟳ around Sandy Hook Bay last⟳ fall⟳.”

“The only note⟳ of caution that I would put⟳ down is, look⟳ at what happens to modern fishing vessels when they occasionally accidentally catch⟳ a modern submarine; now, granted, of course modern submarines are far more powerful in terms of their propulsion systems, and far larger, often massively outmassing the fishing vessels that they capture⟳, so the fishing vessels either end⟳ up being dragged under or if they're lucky taken on a bit of a Nantucket sleighride before they cut⟳ their lines or the net breaks[…]”

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