Shellback
noun
1.
an old sailor.
2.
a person who has crossed the equator by boat.
noun
1.
(informal) a sailor who has crossed the equator Compare polliwog (sense 2)
2.
an experienced or old sailor
Read Also:
- Shell-back
noun 1. an underside of a spoon bowl ornamented with a shell motif.
- Shellbark
noun 1. the shagbark tree. noun 1. another name for shagbark
- Shell company
noun (commerce) 1. a near-defunct company, esp one with a stock-exchange listing, used as a vehicle for a thriving company 2. a company that has ceased to trade but retains its registration and is sold for a small sum to enable its new owners to avoid the cost and trouble of registering a new company […]
- Shellcracker
[shel-krak-er] /ˈʃɛlˌkræk ər/ noun 1. redear sunfish.
- Shelled
adjective 1. having the shell removed: shelled pecans. 2. (especially of field corn, grain, etc.) removed from the ear or husk. 3. having or enclosed in a shell. noun 1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk. 2. […]