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
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 Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
The sounding lead is a long slug, something like a 99 window-weight, at the bottom of which is a saucer-shaped hollow.
From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage
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