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
“Six fathoms!” came the voice of the leadsman from the chains.
From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Rainey, W. (William)
Also, the breast-rope which is made fast to the shrouds to protect the leadsman.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
The line ran out until it suddenly slackened just under the leadsman.
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
The leadsman, a young fellow from Freekirk Head, took his place on the schooner’s rail outside the forerigging.
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
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