A piece of lead or other heavy material attached to a line, used for measuring the depth of water; a sounding lead. Also figurative and in…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod > weight on sounding-line (5) plummetc1384 A piece of lead or other heavy material attached to a line, used for measuring the depth of water; a sounding lead. Also figurative and in… leadc1440 A ‘bob’ or lump of lead suspended by a string to ascertain the depth of water; a sounding-lead. Phrases, to cast, heave the lead. to arm the lead… sounding-lead1485 The lead or plummet attached to the sounding-line. sinking lead1648 a weight (originally made of lead) used with a sounding line; a sounding lead. blue pigeon1818 Nautical slang. The lead attached to the sounding line; the plummet. Now chiefly historical. |
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