meander line

American  

noun

Surveying.

1. a zigzag traverse made to define the approximate margin of a natural body of water.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Horton entered immediately upon a business career, the success of which is known in California, Oregon and Washington, and Mr. Mercer settled upon a donation claim whose eastern end was the meander line of Lake Union and the western end, half way across to the bay.

From Project Gutenberg

The scarred stagecoaches which had come down from the seventies were still in use on both routes, the two on the Meander line being reenforced by democrat wagons when there was an overflow of business, 22 as frequently happened in those prosperous times.

From Project Gutenberg