ˈflench-gut, ˈflens-gut
[f. prec. vb. + gut.]
The place on board, usually the hold, where the blubber of a whale, cut up in long slices, is stored before barrelling; also applied to the blubber itself.
| 1808 Jamieson, Flench-gut, the blubber of a whale laid out in long slices, before being put into casks. 1820 Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 304 When the flens-gut is filled with blubber. 1867 in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. |