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landsman Sealing, Nfld

• n. a sealer who goes to the ice (def. 1) on foot rather than on a ship.

  See also: ice ((n.)) (def. 1)  

  • 1958  Bowring's second vessel . . . leaves port today to join the Algerine in collecting landsmen's seals.
  • 1966  No quota is placed on the landsmen, [but] each must have a license to hunt.