leadsman
noun
a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
leadsmen
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pluralof leadsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From forward, ghost voices of the leadsmen chanted the soundings.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
He could tell by the leadsmen that this was a man-of-war.'
From Tales Of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad
Well astern of them came the Akagi and Chokai; and still farther out were the old Hei-yen and the cruiser Tsukushi, cautiously creeping in, with leadsmen perpetually sounding on either beam.
From Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Savile Lumley
Whilst I conned the ship leadsmen sounded carefully, and I was able to work her close in to the coast near Cape Bird and avoid some heavy ice which we could never have forced.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
It seemed an age before the cry came from the leadsmen "by the mark five."
From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by John Wilkinson
