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sounding lead

American  
[leed] / lid /

noun

  1. sounding line

sounding lead British  
/ lɛd /

noun

  1. a lead weight, usually conical and having a depression in the base for a dab of grease so that, when dropped to the bottom on a sounding line, a sample of sand, gravel, etc, can be retrieved

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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

Taking the sounding lead with us, we were soon able to find good fishing grounds.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous

For greater security, one should keep the sounding lead in hand.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

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