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Once harpooned, the whale, in pain from its wound, attempts to flee, but the rope attached to the harpoon drags the whalers' boat along with it. The term refers to Nantucket, Massachusetts, the center of the American whaling industry; as well as the speed associated with riding in a horse-drawn sleigh. The term wasn't used by whalemen ...
Dates for sleigh or trolley rides will be Dec. 26 to 31. Horse-drawn sleigh and trolley rides through Spiegel Grove are a tradition at the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums.
Together with local inns, The Wentworth offers a Jingle Bell Chocolate Tour package, starting in November—a horse-drawn sleigh ride to the area’s inns whose owners give out small handmade ...
Nantucket, Massachusetts. Nantucket is a lovely community no matter what time of year you visit, but the holiday season really packs on the charm. ... There are also horse-drawn sleigh rides, an ...
Their collection also included twenty-four horse-drawn carriages and six sleighs. As their cars became obsolete, the Andersons retired them to the Carriage House of their 64-acre (26 ha) estate in Greater Boston. By 1927, the Andersons opened the Carriage House to the public for tours of their vehicles.
The term "troika" is sometimes used to refer to any three-horse team harnessed abreast, regardless of harness style or what horse-drawn vehicle is used. At full speed a troika can reach 45–50 kilometres per hour (28–31 mph), which was a very high land speed for vehicles in the 17th–19th centuries, making the troika closely associated with ...
The Omni Mount Washington Resort & Spa blends the opulence of days of yore with modern amenities and classic winter experience such as horse-drawn sleigh rides.
Coachman, Boston MA 1902 Russian coachman, before 1917 — his belt indicates his master's wealth. A coachman is an employee who drives a coach or carriage, a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of passengers. A coachman has also been called a coachee, coachy, whip, or hackman.