boatheader

boatheader
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: one that is in charge of a whaleboat or a small boat putting off from a larger boat in the cod or halibut fisheries; especially : an officer who stands in the stern sheets of a whaleboat and manipulates the steering oar and lances the harpooned whale

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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