Whaling. [a. Du. lul tube.] A tube to convey blubber into the hold. Also lull-bag.
1836. Uncle Philip’s Convers. Whale Fishery, 99. From the speck-trough, they [the pieces of blubber] immediately pass through the lull, into tubs fixed in the hold to catch them.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Lull-bag, a wide canvas hose in whalers for conducting blubber into the casks, as it is ‘made off.’
