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 put two leadsmen in the chains, o' course!
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
The cries of the leadsmen began to rise out of the distance, and were gruffly repeated by the word-passers on the hurricane deck.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. by Twain, Mark
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 Lumley, Savile
At the moment when both of the leadsmen almost simultaneously called out "and a quarter less three," the helm was put hard a-starboard, and the Lee's bow was pointed seaward.
From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by Wilkinson, John
