Not P but Moby-Dick (93)

[Michael Bailey]

I think the bottom is down in readiness to be lowered into the water

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:45 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 115:
>
> The three men at her mast-heads wore long streamers of narrow red bunting
> at their hats; from the stern, a whale-boat was suspended, bottom down; and
> hanging captive from the bowsprit was seen the long lower jaw of the last
> whale they had slain.
>
> Does "bottom down" here mean upside down?
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