sounding line
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sounding line
–noun
| a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME
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| sounding line
n. A line marked at intervals of fathoms and weighted at one end, used to determine the depth of water. Also called lead line. |
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| sounding line | |
noun | |
| (nautical) plumb line for determining depth [syn: lead line] |
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