Both Uses of
in lieu
in
Moby Dick
- Of things not properly belonging to the room, there was a hammock lashed up, and thrown upon the floor in one corner; also a large seaman's bag, containing the harpooneer's wardrobe, no doubt in lieu of a land trunk.†
Chpt 1-3 *in lieu of = instead of
- They had made a harpooneer of him, and that barbed iron was in lieu of a sceptre now.†
Chpt 10-12
Definition:
instead