lead line

lead line
noun
(nautical) plumb line for determining depth
• Syn: ↑sounding line
• Topics: ↑seafaring, ↑navigation, ↑sailing
• Hypernyms: ↑plumb line, ↑perpendicular
• Part Meronyms: ↑sounding lead

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I. \\ˈledˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English leede lyne, from leede, leed lead + lyne, line line
1.
b. usually leadline : the lower line of a gillnet having lead or other weights at intervals to keep the bottom of the net submerged — compare corkline
2. : a dark line along the gums due to deposition of lead sulfide (as in chronic exposure to lead compounds or fumes)
II. \\ˈlēdˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: lead (II) + line
1. : a wire rope with an eye at each end used to anchor the snatch block in setting a lead in logging
2. : a line for leading a horse usually for excercise

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/led/, Naut.
a line by which a lead is lowered into the water to take soundings: in deep-sea practice, divided into levels one fathom apart, variously treated as marks and deeps.
[1475-85]

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lead line «lehd»,
Nautical. a sounding line.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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