sounding lead

[ leed ]

/ lid /

noun

See under sounding line.

Words nearby sounding lead

sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line, sounding machine, sounding rocket, sound law, soundless

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Example sentences from the Web for sounding lead

Nevertheless Monsieur de Biancourt was always on his guard, and often sent the boat on ahead with the sounding-lead.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
In many places it reaches a depth of 600 feet, and occasionally the sounding-lead plunges down for upwards of 700 feet.
Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie
In the outer harbour the pilots recognize the approach of banks by the sand which is brought up by the sounding-lead.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
Beyond this depth the sounding-lead rests, not upon the wall-like face of the reef, but on the ordinary shelving sea-bottom.
Autobiography and Selected Essays|Thomas Henry Huxley

I have a question for thee alone, my brother: like a sounding-lead, cast I this question into thy soul, that I may know its depth.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche

British Dictionary definitions for sounding lead

sounding lead

/ (lɛd) /

noun

a lead weight, usually conical and having a depression in the base for a dab of grease so that, when dropped to the bottom on a sounding line, a sample of sand, gravel, etc, can be retrieved

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单词	sounding lead
释义	sounding lead [ leed ] / lid / noun See under sounding line. Words nearby sounding lead sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line, sounding machine, sounding rocket, sound law, soundless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sounding lead Nevertheless Monsieur de Biancourt was always on his guard, and often sent the boat on ahead with the sounding-lead. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614\|Various In many places it reaches a depth of 600 feet, and occasionally the sounding-lead plunges down for upwards of 700 feet. Fragments of Earth Lore\|James Geikie In the outer harbour the pilots recognize the approach of banks by the sand which is brought up by the sounding-lead. The Argentine Republic\|Pierre Denis Beyond this depth the sounding-lead rests, not upon the wall-like face of the reef, but on the ordinary shelving sea-bottom. Autobiography and Selected Essays\|Thomas Henry Huxley I have a question for thee alone, my brother: like a sounding-lead, cast I this question into thy soul, that I may know its depth. Thus Spake Zarathustra\|Friedrich Nietzsche British Dictionary definitions for sounding lead sounding lead / (lɛd) / noun a lead weight, usually conical and having a depression in the base for a dab of grease so that, when dropped to the bottom on a sounding line, a sample of sand, gravel, etc, can be retrieved Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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