leadsman
Americannoun
plural
leadsmennoun
Etymology
Origin of leadsman
Example Sentences
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No leadsman need stand in the bow to take soundings, for the navigator has an acoustic-electric fathometer to tell him, at the press of a button, how much water is beneath the hull.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a signal the leadsman had flown his pigeon again, though we were well past all reefs.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
He slowed the freighter to a snail's pace when he approached the dredged channel, and at last the leadsman found suitable bottom.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
The line ran out until it suddenly slackened just under the leadsman.
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
“Seven fathoms now, sir!” reported Hearst, the leadsman.
From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Rainey, W. (William)
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