Nantucket sleigh ride (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, idiomatic) An obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.
(lb, en, idiomatic, by extension) A similar scenario involving a large fish.