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sounding lead

American

[leed] / lid /

noun

sounding line

sounding lead British

/ 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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sounding lead

A sounding lead, used to measure the sea's depth, was also found.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2016

Some SO miles from the coast of Japan, the Nipponese man-of-war Manchu dropped its sounding lead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her superstructure swept away, she had gone down like a sounding lead in deep water.

From Time Magazine Archive

For greater security, one should keep the sounding lead in hand.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis

The sounding lead is a long slug, something like a 99 window-weight, at the bottom of which is a saucer-shaped hollow.

From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage

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