sounding lead
Americannoun
noun
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A sounding lead, used to measure the sea's depth, was also found.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2016
Her superstructure swept away, she had gone down like a sounding lead in deep water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some SO miles from the coast of Japan, the Nipponese man-of-war Manchu dropped its sounding lead.
From Time Magazine Archive
While he inquired after my health in hypocritically honeyed accents, he constantly kept his two great yellow lion-eyes fixed upon me, and plunged his look into my soul like a sounding lead.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile
The same day we explored the entrance to the river, where large vessels can approach; but there are inside some reefs, to avoid which one must advance with sounding lead in hand.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
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